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Discussion on: Whiteboard interviews suck! (but you should practice anyway)

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Martin Riedel

i gladly explain and discuss architecture, concepts, ideas on whiteboards. if a company want me to code on a whiteboard - we're done.

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Davide de Paolis

yes, but you are cutting yourself off a big chunk of possible employers. i read many articles and many comments about whiteboard interviews and people saying "well, if a company does interviews like that, I don't want to work there". the point is, whiteboard interviews will tell way more about how you approach problems, manage stress, explain your thoughts, that about your coding ability.

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Martin Riedel

but how you approach problems, explain your thoughts and manage stress can also be examined when you discuss architecture, concepts or ideas. i'm not against that, not at all.
i just consider it a waste of everyones time to code on a whiteboard.

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Davide de Paolis

definitely. but we - as candidates - have to play by the rules set by the interviewer. of course we always have the right to disagree and leave the room because in the end we don't care about that job or that company.
Honestly, since - we may like it or not - this is the trend now, I forced myself to find positive aspects on whiteboard interviews and I try to grow out of this experience and learn new skills. :-)