That makes sense as an upside, but it doesn’t explain why they’d use Google Docs, because you could just have the candidate program in a normal text editor and then copy-paste it into Google Docs afterwards.
It’s plausible that they not only care about the final code but also the process of writing the code. Simple copy pasting might not give them that data. On the other hand their custom build editor for interviewing.google.com might provide it.
It’s plausible that they not only care about the final code but also the process of writing the code. Simple copy pasting might not give them that data. On the other hand their custom build editor for interviewing.google.com might provide it.
That makes sense as an alternative hypothesis.