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Whiteboard performance (positive/negative) doesn't correlate all that well with practical performance on engineering teams, either.


Oh, I can believe that. But the way said performance is measured -- both types -- is extremely varied. I'd summarize my viewpoint as "whiteboard interviews tell you something about how the candidate thinks and communicates, which you can use to jump into deeper explorations". Just because you know someone is smart enough to solve a problem doesn't mean it's not valuable to see how they do it.




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