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Re:The time spent on practising white board test may not be ... by maxxxxx on Thursday February 15, 2018 @09:45AM (#16384347)
You seem to have a reasonable approach to interviews. However, as a contractor I was in interviews where I had to code the optimal solution for a certain problem on the whiteboard without syntax errors. That's just silly.

There was no discussion to show any thought process. It was about knowing the expected solution to 100%.

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Re:The time spent on practising white board test may not be ... by gwbas1c on Thursday February 15, 2018 @09:52AM (#16384410)
Remember, interviews are a 2-way street. If the company has unrealistic expectations in the interview, then it should influence your decision to continue pursuing the job.
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Re:The time spent on practising white board test may not be ... by maxxxxx on Thursday February 15, 2018 @09:56AM (#16384454)
It does influence the decision. But there is also a good chance that the engineer doing the interview doesn't really reflect the work environment.
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