How do you overcome interview anxiety when writing code?

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Published on 2012-11-09T05:27:42Z Indexed on 2012/11/09 11:20 UTC
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I have test anxiety, and when interviewing I often get so stressed that I have difficulty completing tasks in the interview that I normally wouldn't have trouble completing.

I recently went through an interview where I was so nervous that I feel like I did poorly on one coding question in particular, something that I would normally have no trouble with otherwise.

How do you overcome nervousness and anxiety when interviewing? Is it wise to inform the interviewer ahead of time that you have anxiety?

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