// live coding room
Focus mode and room layout
Focus mode leaves just the code and the output on screen, and the question pane and output panel collapse or resize, remembered per browser.
// the problem
Why focus mode and room layout matters in a coding interview
Interview tools crowd the screen with panels, so the code ends up in a narrow strip. Interviewers on a laptop need the code to take the screen, and the output to be there only when they want it.
// how it works
How does focus mode and room layout work?
The room opens code-first
In the live room the console’s navigation starts hidden, and the question pane and output panel can collapse.
Arrange the panes
Collapse the question pane, drag the output divider, double-click to reset it, or widen the output fully.
Turn on focus mode
Focus mode hides the header and side panels and leaves just the code and the output.
It remembers
Pane choices and text size are remembered per browser, separately for the interviewer and the candidate.
// options and settings
Every option, in one place
// permissions
Who can do what?
Company admins decide who on your team can open the interviewer console. Candidates never sign in; they only ever use their session link.
// connects to
How focus mode and room layout fits with the rest
Shared output console
Every run in the room lands in one shared output console that both the interviewer and the candidate see, labeled with who ran it, its exit status and how long it took.
Explore →Autocomplete and editor tools
The interview editor has Python and Java autocomplete (including members after a dot), syntax highlighting, bracket matching, folding and search, so candidates code the way they do at work.
Explore →Collaborative code editor
Autessa Technical Interviews includes a collaborative code editor: interviewer and candidate edit one shared file in real time, and each person’s cursor stays put when the other types.
Explore →// faq
Focus mode and room layout: questions
Can the candidate use focus mode too?
Yes. The candidate room has its own focus mode that leaves just the code and the output.
Is the layout saved?
Yes, in each person’s browser, so the room opens the way they left it.
Can I resize the output with the keyboard?
Yes. Focus the divider and use the arrow keys; hold Shift for bigger steps.
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