We've been in a similar spot — running ~150 interviews/year mostly for junior candidates. Like you, we just need a reliable, low-friction way to collaboratively code and run things in real time. Most of the "extra" stuff (AI, automated scoring, prebuilt questions) just gets in the way for us.

We ended up switching from Repl.it to CoderPad. It's not perfect, but it nails the basics:

Collaborative editor with syntax support for most major languages

Real-time execution in the cloud (including terminal-based ones like Python, Bash)

Solid multi-user support — you can watch what they’re typing and guide them easily

No fluff

Other options we evaluated:

Codeshare: decent for quick interviews but lacks execution support

CodeInterview.io: had potential but felt a bit janky UX-wise

Visual Studio Code Live Share: great experience but assumes the candidate has a local dev environment, which is a no-go for us

CoderPad is around the same price range as Replit, but at least we feel like we’re paying for what we actually use. Hope that helps!