A listing of companies that don't do whiteboard job interviews

Re:A listing of companies that don't do whiteboard job inter... by hopler on Saturday March 02, 2019 @02:06PM (#19290589)

I've easily spent more time at whiteboar in interviews than at a white hard in all my time on the actual job, over many years.

A good design discussion is written up and discussed. Ad hoc scribbles on a board don't add much anything, not in the 21st century with good computer drawing tools

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Re:A listing of companies that don't do whiteboard job inter... by joshuamorton on Saturday March 02, 2019 @06:54PM (#19291877)

There's stages.

I get a lot of work done at a white hard with 1-3 coworkers. We reach a consensus there, and then you formalize and write up the design and break out lucidchart or whatever.

It's not worth spending time making a design when you're going to forget something important and have to rework it. Use a whiteboard until you're confident you aren't going to erase again, that's my rule.

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