Your whiteboarding tips?

Volvo / R&D
ascnrdrkly

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ascnrdrkly
Jan 2, 2020 8 Comments

An actual whiteboard, not onsite coding exercises in general

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  • Take a pen and a notebook to write down requirements after hearing the question and write down answers to your clarification questions there.

    Diagram on the white board towards bottom right.

    Code from the top left corner, make your font size smaller than usual when writing in the whiteboard. Your interviewer can scoot closer, but if you run out of space your slightly fucked
    Jan 2, 2020 0
  • Oracle
    LBqg20

    Go to company page Oracle

    LBqg20
    Bring your own thin tip markers.
    Jan 2, 2020 0
  • VMware / Eng
    tyxS31

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    PRE
    Microsoft, Hulu
    tyxS31
    Don't write too much text, just short clear notes, and draw more, also when drawing mix up colors when it makes sense, also don't start from the middle of the board, give yourself more room to add more stuff if you need without needing to erase so you can keep context, and please use the eraser not your fingers or palm to erase.
    Jan 2, 2020 0
  • UWorld
    huer

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    huer
    Spend 5 min on writing pseudo code first. Helps a lot while writing the actual code.
    Jan 2, 2020 1
    • New
      QTdN03

      New

      QTdN03
      Or just use Python and kill 2 birds with one stone.
      Jan 2, 2020
  • ClubCorp
    m0e

    ClubCorp

    m0e
    Whiteboarding in terms of what? Systems design? Grafitti? Drawing memes? Writing cursive?
    Jan 2, 2020 2