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# Recommendations for companies that do "whiteboard" interviews
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- Instead of using questions that bear no resemblance to the role, adapt the question so that it does. A screening question can be easily adapted so that it applies a "real world" requirement
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- Take-home exercises can be good. Please try to:
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- time-box them (e.g. under 4 hours)
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- only allow use of stdlib
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- pay the candidate for their time
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- Give the candidate options:
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- Some candidates might not have the time necessary to complete a take-home exercise. In those scenarios, allow the candidate to take their laptop in to perform a shorter exercise (e.g. pair program on a small issue)
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- Some candidates prefer the whiteboard when discussing a problem, let them
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