# Why We Pair Interview

DevFeed: [Why We Pair Interview](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-we-pair-interview-15961.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/why-we-pair-interview>)

Author: Square Engineering

Published: 2011-10-05T16:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/engineering-culture.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-culture.md>), [interview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interview.md>), [pairing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pairing.md>), [software-engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineer.md>)

## AI overview

Square explains its pairing-based software engineering interviews, which use a shared computer and real development tools to assess practical skills such as code structure, testability, maintainability, and performance.

## Source excerpt

An overview of our pairing interviews and why they're awesome.