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Re:So I refused a white board technical test and was asked t... by AndreyErmakov on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @04:57AM (#11944454)
Agreed. And many software developers who like to approach work by carefully thinking things through will not be able to accomplish anything in this setup.

Also, many are simply not comfortable with the situation and too stressed to be engaged in any kind of intellectual activity.

That's not to mention that most cannot do thinking and verbally document the process at the same time. It's either or.

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Re:So I refused a white board technical test and was asked t... by Tiquor on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @06:37AM (#11944760)
You are right. Most cannot. In my experienice, the very good developers can. However, I never judge a person solely on the whiteboard test and I only get to it with the candidates that have shown other indications they are good for our team.
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