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Is pair-programming actually used in your company?

Just curious, as I do something similar but solely to see how the person writes code. Folks are free to pair-program or not once hired.

I've found almost everyone needs help on some simple part of the task, and how they respond to the help is pretty useful information.

I've interviewed at places with a pair programming part of the interview, that didn't use pairing during actual development.

It is an enormous help toward glimpsing the mind of the programmer as they program.

Yep, we pair at least 80% of the time.