# Hiring without whiteboards
A listing of companies (or teams within companies) that don't do typical, CS based "whiteboard" interviews. Using sites like [HackerRank](https://www.hackerrank.com/) _probably_ fall into that category and won't be accepted. The companies and teams listed here instead use interview techniques and questions that resemble day-to-day work – for example pairing on a real world problem, or a paid/unpaid takehome exercise.

### tl;dr
- Discussing a real world problem with the help of a whiteboard is 👍
- Solving basic CS questions, technical puzzles, brainteasers (with or without whiteboard) is 👎

<a href="https://twitter.com/dhh/status/834146806594433025?lang=en"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/xJV6cF4.png" width=500 /></a>

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### Format

```
- [Company or team name within company](https://jobspage) | location | what you do instead
```

## A - C
- [Aiwip](http://aiwip.com) | London, UK | Skype/phone interview followed by takehome project or worksample (or whiteboard)
- [AdWyze](https://angel.co/adwyze/jobs) | Bangalore, India | Short takehome project + (for fulltime) onsite pairing
- [AgileMD](https://angel.co/agilemd/jobs) | San Francisco, CA | Takehome project
- [Alluvium](https://alluvium.io) | Brooklyn, NY | Take-home assignment, on-site review dovetailing into collaborative project planning for extension.
- [Applied](https://www.beapplied.com) | London | Situational judgement tests focusing on real-world soft skills (online then in structured interview)
- [Agoda](https://careersatagoda.com/departments/technology/) | Bangkok, Thailand | Take-home project, then a discussion onsite round.
- [Apollo Agriculture](https://apolloagriculture.com/) | Nairobi, Kenya/Remote | Takehome project or Worksample (or whiteboard)
- [Abstract](https://angel.co/abstract/jobs) | San Francisco, CA
- [Adthena](http://adthena.com) | London, UK | Takehome  project and discussion on-site
- [Algolia](https://www.algolia.com/careers) | Paris, France / San Francisco, CA | Takehome project & Onsite discussions and presentation
- [Arachnys](https://angel.co/arachnys/jobs/220465-software-engineer) | London, UK | Take home test, real world pair programming
- [Articulate](https://articulate.com/company/careers) | 100% remote | Take-home project & pair program on a problem similar to daily work
- [ASI Data Science](https://www.asidatascience.com/careers) | London, UK | Project to work at home, general technical questions, pair programming with engineers
- [Avant](https://avant.com/jobs) | Chicago, IL | Pair programming interviews.
- [Auth0](https://auth0.com/blog/how-we-hire-engineers/) | Bellevue, WA / Argentina / Remote | Series of interviews, go over technical background and past experiences, take-home project
- [Avocarrot](https://www.avocarrot.com/company/) | Athens, Greece | on-site real world problem discussion and pair programming
- [B12](https://boards.greenhouse.io/b12#.WMlLfRIrJTa) | NYC | Take-home exercises and pair-programming with the team.
- [Backbase](http://careers.backbase.com/) | Amsterdam, Cardiff, London, Atlanta | Takehome project, interviews
- [Badoo](https://team.badoo.com/jobs/) | London, UK | Take-home project, then a discussion onsite round.
- [Balabit](https://career.balabit.com/) | Budapest, Hungary | Take-home project (medium size, with restrictions, e.g. only stdlib may be used), then discussion on-site
- [Basecamp](https://basecamp.com/about/jobs) | Chicago / Remote
- [BAE Systems Applied Intelligence](https://career012.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=46145&company=BAE) | London, UK | Initial interview with experience based technical questions, second interview pair programming on problem similar to daily work
- [Bemind Interactive](https://bemind.recruitee.com) | Biella / Latina / Remote | Series of interviews, discussion about technical background and past experiences, take-home project & pair programming
- [Bendyworks](https://bendyworks.com/careers) | Madison, WI | Interviews and pair programming on personal projects
- [Betterment](https://www.betterment.com/careers/) | New York, NY | Phone interview followed by on-site pair programming to simulate a Betterment feature build.
- [Big Nerd Ranch](https://www.bignerdranch.com/about/careers/) | Atlanta, GA & Remote | Interviews and pair programming on an internal project or problem.
- [BioConnect](https://www.bioconnect.com/company/careers/) | Toronto, Canada | Take-home assignment & discussion
- [Blendle](https://blendle.homerun.co/?lang=en) | Utrecht, The Netherlands | Take-home project & pair program on a problem similar to daily work
- [blogfoster](https://github.com/blogfoster/join-the-engineering-team) | Berlin, Germany | Take-home project, discussion on-site
- [Bluesoft](http://www.bluesoft.com.br/) | São Paulo, Brazil | Takehome project and an interview to evaluate the candidate's previous experience.
- [Bocoup](https://bocoup.com/careers) | Boston, MA / Remote | Pair programming with personal laptop on typical problem seen at work
- [Bouvet](http://www.bouvet.no/) | Bergen, Norway | Pair programming with senior engineers
- [brightwheel](https://angel.co/brightwheel/jobs) | San Francisco, CA | Take home exercise, and systems design.
- [Casetext](https://casetext.com/jobs) | San Francisco, CA | Submit code sample for review/discussion, contract for one full day (paid)
- [CASHLINK](https://cashlink.de) | Frankfurt, Germany | Skype/phone interview, take-home project
- [Canva](https://about.canva.com/careers/) | Sydney, Australia | Takehome project, then a pair-programming onsite (or Skype) round.
- [Centroida](https://centroida.co/contact.html) | Sofia, Bulgaria | Series of interviews, pair programming and take-home projects
- [Chargify](https://chargify.com/jobs) | San Antonio, TX / Remote | Take-home project & pair on a problem similar to daily work
- [Checkout 51](https://checkout51.com.com/jobs) | Toronto, Canada | Phone conversation [15-20 minutes] followed by on-site pair programming and discussion focused on understanding decisions made during on-site work
- [CircleCI](https://circleci.com) | San Francisco, CA / Remote | Take-home project and discussion, followed by on-site interview that includes pair programming on actual CircleCI bugs/feature requests.
- [City of Philadelphia's Office of Open Data & Digital Transformation](https://beta.phila.gov/departments/office-of-open-data-and-digital-transformation/jobs/) | Philadelphia, PA | Take-home project
- [Civis Analytics](https://www.civisanalytics.com/careers/) | Chicago, IL | Take-home project and discussion via Skype, followed by pair programming exercise
- [Cloudistics](https://www.cloudistics.com/careers/) | Reston, VA | Multiple interviews, discussion of technical background and experiences.
- [Cognitran](http://www.cognitran.com/employment-opportunities/) | Essex, UK / Szczecin, Poland / Detroit, MI | Skype/phone interview followed by pair programming.
- [Cognitive Logic](https://www.cognitivelogic.com/) | Basingstoke, UK | On-site unsupervised exercise & discussion.
- [Credit Kudos](https://creditkudos.com/jobs/) | London, UK | Take-home project and pair programming via Skype or on-site.
- [CurrencyTransfer](https://www.currencytransfer.com) | London, UK & Remote | Take-home project

## D - F
- [Dark Sky](https://darksky.net/jobs) | Cambridge, MA | Phone interviews and a very short, real paid project
- [DataCentred](http://www.datacentred.co.uk/careers/) | Manchester, UK & Remote | Pair programming with team, project to work on at home
- [Def Method](https://www.defmethod.com/) | NYC, NY | Take home test, pair programming with dev on test and client work, receive offer same day as pairing interview
- [Deliveroo](https://deliveroo.co.uk/careers) | London, UK & Remote | Short take-home project and pair programming
- [DG-i](https://www.dg-i.net/) | Cologne, Germany | Take-home project and/or discussion on-site about past experiences
- [DockYard](http://dockyard.com) | Boston, MA & Remote | A series of interviews, going deep into past experience
- [Draft Fantasy](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fC_-liTPpYQOoE_5iKj0O3AwSdPggQGnOsjUKahfbkQ/edit?usp=sharing) | Tel Aviv, Israel | Talk about past experience and what the developer has actually built as well as pair programming or a programming exercise.
- [Drawbotics](https://www.drawbotics.com/en/join-us/) | Brussels, Belgium | Take-home project, bootcamp on-site
- [DroneDeploy](https://www.dronedeploy.com/careers.html) | San Francisco, CA | Pair program on a problem similar to daily work
- [dubizzle](http://blog.dubizzle.com/uae/job-vacancies/) | Dubai, UAE | Take home assignment, general technical questions, pair programming with engineers or tech leads
- [Echobind](https://echobind.com/careers/) | USA, remote | Meet the entire team, share examples of previous work and pair with one team member
- [Eidu](http://eidu.com/) | Berlin, Germany | Take-home project, discussion of results with team, and test days with pair programming
- [Elements Interactive](https://www.elements.nl/careers/) | Almere, The Netherlands & Barcelona, Spain | Take-home project & discussion via Skype or on-site
- [Ellucian](https://www.ellucian.com/aboutus/careers/) | Reston, VA, USA | Discussion of real world problems (from resume, if possible)
- [Emarsys](https://www.emarsys.com/) | Budapest, Hungary | Take-home project (small, 1-2 days to solve), then discussion on-site
- [Etix Everywhere](https://www.etixeverywhere.com/en/job-offers/) | Luxembourg
- [Fitbot](https://thefitbot.com/careers.html) | Boulder, CO | Pairing & writing code with the founders for a few hours
- [Fog Creek](https://www.fogcreek.com/careers) | NYC, remote
- [Formidable Labs](https://www.formidable.com/careers) | Seattle, London, Remote | Take-home project, remote pair programming, discussion on-site or remote
- [Fooji](https://fooji.com) | Lexington, KY, remote | Take-home project
- [Founders](https://founders.as/joinus) | Copenhagen, Denmark | Take Home project + Interviews
- [fournova](https://www.fournova.com/jobs) | Remote | Take-home project, discussion via video call
- [FreeAgent](https://www.freeagent.com/company/careers/) | Edinburgh, UK | Take-home project, pair programming, discussion and interviews
- [Funda](https://www.funda.nl/vacatures) | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Take Home test + Discussion On-Site/Remote

## G - I
- [GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/) | Remote | General technical questions, [an issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues) to work in a 1-hour screen sharing session
- [GoCardless](https://gocardless.com/about/jobs/) | London, UK | Project to work at home, general technical questions, pair programming with engineers
- [GoDaddy](https://www.godaddy.com/careers/overview) | Sunnyvale, CA | Pair programming with senior engineers
- [Gramercy Tech](http://www.gramercytech.com/) | New York, NY | Pair programming & discussion on-site
- [grandcentrix](https://www.grandcentrix.net/jobs/) | Cologne, Germany | Take-home project, discussion on-site
- [Gusto](https://gusto.com/about/careers) | CA, CO
- [Happy Team](https://happyteam.io/) | Remote/Poland | General technical questions, takehome paid exercise with feedback/discussion during implementation
- [Hashrocket](https://hashrocket.com/) | Chicago, IL/Jacksonville Beach, FL | Remote pairing session, paid week pair programming with everyone on the team
- [Heap](https://heapanalytics.com/jobs) | San Francisco/Remote | Practical, self-contained onsite project
- [HelloFresh](https://www.hellofresh.com/jobs/) | Berlin, Germany | Take-home project, discussion via Skype or on-site
- [Heptio](https://www.heptio.com/jobs/) | Seattle/Remote | Take-home project, discussion on-site
- [HoxHunt](https://jobs.hoxhunt.com/) | Helsinki, Finland | Take-home project, pair programming on-site
- [ImmobilienScout24](https://boards.greenhouse.io/scout24) | Berlin, Germany | Take-home project, discussion on-site
- [Impraise](http://jobs.impraise.com) | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Take home test, real world pair programming
- [Indellient](http://www.indellient.com/careers) | Oakville, Canada | Series of interviews both technical and non-technical
- [inKind Capital](https://inkindcapital.com) | Boulder, CO | Discussing real-world problems, pair programming, dinner & drinks with the team
- [Instacart](https://careers.instacart.com/) | San Francisco, CA | Take-home real world project, pair programming on-site
- [I|O](https://io.co.za/opportunities) | Cape Town, South Africa

## J - L
- [Jamasoftware](http://www.jamasoftware.com) | Portland, OR | Initial phone screen with hiring manager. In person pairing on project similar to day-to-day work with a separate cultural interview
- [JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/talent) | Berlin, Germany | Take-Home project, discussion on-site
- [Journal Tech](https://journaltech.com/jobs) | Los Angeles, CA | Mini take-home project, phone interview, discussion on-site
- [Koddi Inc.](http://www.koddi.com/open-positions/) | Fort Worth, TX | Phone Interview(s), take-home project, on-site interview
- [Lanetix](http://engineering.lanetix.com) | San Francisco, CA | [Our Hiring Process](https://engineering.lanetix.com/2015-10-20/hiring-process/)
- [Listium](https://listium.com/jobs) | Melbourne, Australia | Design and code proof of concept features with the team
- [LittleThings](https://www.littlethings.com/careers.html) | New York, NY | Take home code challenge, Discussion
- [Lyft](https://lyft.com/jobs) | San Francisco, CA | Pair programming on-site with your own personal laptop
- [Lyoness Austria GmbH](http://www.lyoness-corporate.com/de-AT/Karriere/Jobangebote/) | Graz, Austria | Take-Home project, discussion on-site

## M - O
- [MakeTime](https://maketime.workable.com/) | Lexington, KY | Practical exercise and/or a pairing session on site
- [Mapbox](https://www.mapbox.com/jobs/) | SF, DC, Ayacucho, Bangalore, Berlin, Remote | Conversational interviews, paid onsite project with team.
- [Media Pop](https://mediapop.co) | Singapore | Take-home or unsupervised (onsite) real-world assignment
- [Mercatus](https://www.mercatus.com/company/careers/) | Toronto, Canada | Practical on-site project similar to daily work
- [MokaHR](http://mokahr.com) | Beijing, China | Take home project/challenge, then on-site programming session taken from problems we encounter at work
- [Moneytree Front-end Web Team](https://moneytree.jp) | Tokyo, Japan | Pair programming exercise and social gathering with team
- [Mutually Human Software](https://www.mutuallyhuman.com) | MI, OH, WA | Collaborative problem analysis and design exercise, pairing exercise
- [Mutual Mobile](https://mutualmobile.com/careers) | Austin, TX | Hyderabad, India
- [NodeSource](http://nodesource.com/careers) | _Remote First_ | A person-to–person walk through of a past project of yours
- [numer.ai](https://angel.co/numerai/jobs) | San Francisco, CA
- [Nedap](http://lifeatnedap.com/vacatures/) | Groenlo, the Netherlands/remote | A simple conversation, human to human and a small on-site project
- [Netflix Enterprise Platforms](https://jobs.netflix.com/jobs/861237) | Los Gatos, CA | Takehome exercise
- [Netguru](https://www.netguru.co/career) | Poland/Remote | Takehome exercise & pair programming session
- [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/careers/) | San Francisco, CA | Paid takehome project and online/onsite discussion
- [New Relic](https://newrelic.com/about/careers) | San Francisco, CA | Takehome exercise &/ or pair programming session depending on the team
- [Nimbl3](https://www.workhiro.com/companies/nimbl3) | Bangkok/On-site | Takehome exercise and specific role discussion
- [Niteoweb](http://www.niteoweb.com/careers) | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Join us for a week to see if we fit
- [Nomoko,camera](https://www.nomoko.world/jobs) | Zurich, Switzerland | Three interrogations
- [NoRedInk](https://www.noredink.com/jobs) | San Francisco, CA | Take-home exercise & pair programming session
- [NoviCap](https://novicap.com/en/careers.html) | Barcelona, Spain | Takehome exercise & discussion on-site
- [npm, Inc](https://npmjs.com/jobs) | Oakland, CA/remote | No technical challenges. Just interview conversations.
- [Opbeat](https://opbeat.com/jobs#seniorbackendengineer) | Copenhagen, Denmark | Pairing on real-world problem
- [Opendoor](https://www.opendoor.com/jobs) | CA, AZ, NV, TX | Pairing & systems design
- [Ostmodern](http://www.ostmodern.co.uk) | London, UK | Take-home exercise & discussion on-site
- [The Outline](https://boards.greenhouse.io/theoutline) | NYC | Take-home exercise
- [Outbrain](https://www.outbrain.com/jobs) | NYC, Israel | Take-home exercise & discussion

## P - R
- [Pagar.me](https://pagar.me) | São Paulo, BR | Skype interview, on-site pairing task and-or real world problem solving process / presentation
- [PassFort](https://passfort.com/about#jobs) | London, UK | Skype interview, and on-site pairing task
- [Pivotal Labs](https://pivotal.io/careers/engineering) | HQ: San Francisco, International | Remote Pairing, and full day on-site pairing
- [Pluralsight](https://www.pluralsight.com/careers) | UT, CA, MA, FL | Takehome exercise & pair programming session
- [Poki](http://jobs.poki.com) | Amsterdam, the Netherlands | Pair programming on-site w/ two engineers where we focus on teamwork, googling relevant documentation and fixing things together.
- [Popstand](http://www.popstand.com) | Los Angeles, CA | Build MVPs for startups
- [Pragma Team](https://pragma.team/talent) | Sydney AU | Engineering Consultancy And Delivery - Takehome exercise & discussion
- [PremiumBeat](https://www.premiumbeat.com/careers) | Montreal, Canada | Discussion and general, high level questions
- [PromptWorks](https://www.promptworks.com/jobs) | Philadelphia, PA | Take-home project, pair programming, discussion on-site
- [Paessler AG](https://www.paessler.com/company/career/jobs) | Nuremberg, Germany | Pairing with different engineers on a real problem
- [Pusher](https://pusher.com/jobs) | London, UK | Solve a real-world problem through a design session with our engineers
- [Pygmalios](http://pygmalios.com/en/) | Bratislava, Slovakia | Take-home project related to business and discussion with our engineers.
- [Quiet Light Communications](https://quietlightcom.com/positions-web.php) | Rockford, IL, USA | Discussion, work samples and/or small freelance project
- [Rapyuta Robotics](http://www.rapyuta-robotics.com/pages/jobs.html) | Bengaluru, India / Tokyo, Japan / Zurich, Switzerland | Take-home assignment related to our ongoing projects, series of technical / experience based interviews, candidate presentation
- [Rakuten](https://jobs.rakuten.careers/careersection/rakuten_ext_cs/jobdetail.ftl?job=00000751&tz=GMT%2B09%3A00) | Tokyo, Japan | Discuss about relevant experience
- [Rayfeed](https://rayfeed.com) | Vancouver, Warsaw | Video-call interview followed by a take-home exercise
- [Reaktor](https://reaktor.com/careers) | New York, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Tokyo | Discussion, work samples from previous projects (work or hobby), take-home exercise if needed for further info
- [ReSpark](https://www.respark.co.uk) | London, UK | Phone conversation followed by on-site interview w/ task relevant to daily role.

## S - U
- [Sahaj Software Solutions](https://www.sahajsoft.com/) | Bangalore & Chennai (India), San Jose (USA) | Take home code + Pairing + Discussion
- [Springer Nature (Asia)](https://www.natureasia.com) | Tokyo, Japan | Discussion & Pair programming session
- [Small Improvements](https://www.small-improvements.com/careers/) | Berlin, Germany
- [Slack](https://slack.com/jobs) | San Francisco, CA
- [Shopify](https://www.shopify.com/careers) | Canada
- [Simpli.fi](https://www.simpli.fi/about-us/careers/) | Fort Worth, TX, USA | Takehome code challenge and review
- [Sixt4.io](http://sixt4.io/jobs/) | Toronto, On, Canada | Take-home assignment, followed up by a face to face code walk through
- [Social Tables](http://www.socialtables.com) | Washington D.C. | Chat about skills and past experiences + bring in a code sample from previous work or side project to discuss
- [SpronQ](https://www.spronq.nl) | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Takehome coding challenge
- [Spreedly](https://www.spreedly.com/jobs) | Durham, NC | Take-home project [related to business](https://engineering.spreedly.com/blog/programming-puzzles-are-not-the-answer-how-spreedly-does-work-samples.html)
- [Square](https://squareup.com/careers) | San Francisco, CA | Pair programming in a work environment
- [Softwear](http://nl.softwear.nl/vacatures) | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Writing software for the fashion industry – remotely – in an international team.
- [StreetTeam](https://getstreetteam.com/careers) | London, UK | An intentionally short, take home exercise that mirrors real project work and incorporates code review elements
- [SweetIQ](https://sweetiq.com/about/careers/) | Montreal, Canada | Discussion and general, high level questions
- [SysGarage](http://sysgarage.com/) | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Take-home project and real world pair programming
- [Tanooki Labs](http://tanookilabs.com) | New York, NY | Paid half-day take home project with followup review and discussion
- [Tattoodo](https://www.tattoodo.com) | Copenhagen, Denmark | Takehome exercise
- [The Book of Everyone](https://thebookofeveryone.workable.com) | Barcelona, Spain | Quick interview, meet the team, pairing with developers on your own project
- [Thread](https://www.thread.com/jobs) | London, UK | Take home test, real world architecture design, real world pair programming.
- [Toucan Toco](http://toucantoco.com/fr/team#jobs) | Paris, France | Pair-programming and TDD
- [Trustpilot](https://jobs.trustpilot.com/) | Copenhagen, Denmark | Take-home project, code review and discussion on-site
- [Twistlock](https://www.twistlock.com) | Tel Aviv, Israel | Takehome
- [Unbounce](https://unbounce.com) | Vancouver, BC | Phone screen, take-home project, project discussion, technical interview
- [Untappd](https://www.untappd.com) | Wilmington, NC, NYC, LA | Review portfolio - What projects have you worked on? + personality assessment, + interview
- [Unearth](http://www.unearthlabs.com/careers/) | Seattle, WA | Take home project, team-fit interviews, technical discussion
- [UserTesting](https://www.usertesting.com/about-us/jobs) | San Francisco/Mountain View, CA | Initial interview, pair programming, and offer
- [uSwitch](https://www.uswitch.com/vacancies/) | London, UK | Take-home project related to our business area, followed by pairing with developers to extend it

## V - X
- [Valuemotive](https://valuemotive.com/en/career/) | Helsinki, Finland | Code examples from previous projects (work or hobby)  or take-home exercise
- [Varsity Tutors](https://www.varsitytutors.com/) | United States / Online / Remote | Take home assignment, presentation of assignment, live code review with team. Advanced / high-level chat with team based on skillset and role.
- [Venminder, Inc.](https://www.venminder.com) | Elizabethtown/Louisville, KY, USA | Initial phone screen to explain position. If candidate interested they get a take home assignment followed by a non-scripted in-person interview with team members to judge personality fit.
- [Visma e-conomic](https://www.e-conomic.dk/om/job) | Copenhagen, Denmark | Take home assignment, assignment presentation and discussion
- [Wealthsimple](https://www.wealthsimple.com/work-with-us) | Toronto, Canada | Pair programming on a problem similar to daily work, discussion of system design
- [Webflow](https://webflow.com) | San Francisco & Remote | Short take-home challenge, followed by a paid 3-5 day freelance contract project

## Y - \#
- [Yoyo Wallet](http://yoyowallet.com/) | London, UK | Take home code challenge, discussion of the code challenge, and general, high level questions
- [8th Light](https://8thlight.com/) | Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York | Take home code challenge, discussion, pair programming session
- [500Tech](https://500Tech.com) | Tel Aviv, Israel | Pair programming on a laptop in working env

## Also see:
- [They Whiteboarded Me!](http://they.whiteboarded.me/)