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Re:Hiring Without Whiteboards by C1sc0cat on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @05:59AM (#23985039)
I think its writing exact code down instead of good enough pseudo code - that people hate.

WB interviews should be about problem solving not regurgitation of rote learned algorithms

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Re:Hiring Without Whiteboards by estomagordo on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @07:03AM (#23985366)
I strongly believe there is some signal to shoving enough familiarity with at least one language to come up with mostly correct syntax.

I won't ever fault a candidate for failing to close a paren or being unsure of whether the size of a container is .length() or .size(), but if virtually every line a candidate writes is of questionable value, I'd say that means something.

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