What language do technical interviews generally require?

In a technical interview, what programming language (for the coding challenges) do interviewers require / want you to use?

It depends on the shop. Sometimes even pseudocode is enough.

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Mine have either been in JavaScript or “your choice”.

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Whatever language(s) the job your interviewing for requires. At some large companies that do entry level interviews that aren’t specific to one team/project, they will allow you to choose a language (usually C++/Java, but I think Amazon gave the option of Python as well).

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Most I have participated in allow whichever language you’re most comfortable in. Usually they are generic enough algorithm/logic questions that a variety of languages can apply. If it’s a position that requires knowledge in certain languages, they might ask you do use one of those.

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Thanks for all of your responses so far.