>These days Google offers the option of a chromebook instead of a whiteboard.

This definitely isn't advertised, I interviewed there on Friday for frontend and was presented with an entire wall to write on.

Would have preferred the Chromebook, could have done a final test run of the code, written out params and comments, tests, etc.

You don’t get to actually run the code. They just let you type it in a google doc. I guess it’s not done universally, but it was when I interviewed there.

ah yes i'm sure everyone is out there leisurely deriving from first principles their implementation of XYZ graph algorithm which happened to be useful in the course of solving said "open ended question"

You’re purposefully misrepresenting what I said to satisfy your preconceptions.

speaking of misspresentation, i never said youre "asked" a pure algorithm question only that the timely implementation is a necessary component of succeeding

thanks for explaining how coding interviews work to me thou, really had no idea based on the 200 i've administered in recent years or dozens taken in my career.

Maintaining your level of aggression and resentment can’t be healthy.