Thanks for the great question! I've expanded the section on Allow The Candidate To Present Their Best Self to talk about that. It's true that some big companies may use that approach, but I haven't heard anything to suggest that that's a good approach.
Writing code on a white board is so far removed from your actual daily coding, that I doubt you will gain any insights into somebody's real skill.
However a whiteboard can be great to discuss a problem, describe an architecture, explain SQL joins, etc. as those things may happen on a whiteboard also in your actual working life. So using it for those kinds of interview questions makes a lot of sense to me.
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Looks nice , I didn’t see anywhere where you talked about whiteboard interview !
What is wrong with that approach ?
I heard that many big companies use whiteboard interviews to assess candidates problem solving skills..
Thanks for the great question! I've expanded the section on Allow The Candidate To Present Their Best Self to talk about that. It's true that some big companies may use that approach, but I haven't heard anything to suggest that that's a good approach.
Writing code on a white board is so far removed from your actual daily coding, that I doubt you will gain any insights into somebody's real skill.
However a whiteboard can be great to discuss a problem, describe an architecture, explain SQL joins, etc. as those things may happen on a whiteboard also in your actual working life. So using it for those kinds of interview questions makes a lot of sense to me.