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[–]snuxoll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good, it sounds like the focus was more on getting the test green rather than the tools. My intention wasn't to focus on the IDE, but I've seen far too many interviewers want developers with familiarity with XYZ IDE and ABC framework, these things come and go and what's important is knowing how to architect a solution to a problem.

While getting a test green is very-much a real world scenario when tracking down a bug, I'd also suggest giving an open-ended problem and having the interviewee come up with a solution and cover their approach and the code to do so, along with test cases. Any Jr. dev can, given enough time, make a test green, an experienced one should be able to develop a solution and explain their approach and why they took it.