--- title: Ace Coding: Turn Flaws Into Your Secret Weapon #shorts description: A short-form take on coding interviews suggesting that giving candidates flawed or broken code to troubleshoot is a better signal of real ability than standard... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ace-coding-turn-flaws-into-your-secret-weapon-shorts-7bfqubuqw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ace Coding: Turn Flaws Into Your Secret Weapon #shorts | daily.dev og:description: A short-form take on coding interviews suggesting that giving candidates flawed or broken code to troubleshoot is a better signal of real ability than standard... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ace-coding-turn-flaws-into-your-secret-weapon-shorts-7bfqubuqw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7BfquBuQw.png og:image:alt: Ace Coding: Turn Flaws Into Your Secret Weapon #shorts og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ace Coding: Turn Flaws Into Your Secret Weapon #shorts **[The Serious CTO](https://daily.dev/sources/seriouscto)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A short-form take on coding interviews suggesting that giving candidates flawed or broken code to troubleshoot is a better signal of real ability than standard exercises. 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