Can I design the algorithm on a whiteboard but do the actual coding on a laptop? My handwriting would slow me down too much. The interview will be in mountain view.
Anyone use a laptop and found it made a difference?
Made a lot of difference for me in a good way.
Every interview room has a chromebook for that purpose, you just need to ask. Btw I think white board is actually easier because you can hand waive something but if you use laptop then it’s kinda expected to have compilable code.
You have a good point there. I can type 5x faster than I can write neatly, so it’s worth it for me.
I never expect code to work perfectly. Use Chromebook otherwise you'll annoy interviewer who has to type out your code. Obviously I don't let this effect my decision but your biases are hard to spot. It's annoying and that might influence a leaning hire to a leaning no hire
I have found whiteboard to be easier in a real interview. You do not always be to write perfect code and the interviewer may stop you from wasting time elaborating on basic code functionality.
Often they will ask you to code in google docs. So be aware of that limitation if you take the chrome book option.
You can request, but prepare also to do whiteboarding. I've seen interviewers specifically refuse to use laptop even if it's there, and insist on whiteboarding...
Yes you can ask chromebook but it depends on office
Updated post. Will be in Mountain View
Then just tell Recruiter you need a chromebook. Ask it before interview arrangement.