Practicing on whiteboard for onsites

Microsoft / Eng
curious 1

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curious 1
May 28, 2017 9 Comments

Do you practice on whiteboard for your coding interviews? How much of your total prep is on the whiteboard? Any favorite tips and tricks?

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  • Yahoo
    dir

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    dir
    Getting the correct and efficient solution is the real problem, not the whiteboard
    May 28, 2017 2
  • Amazon / Eng
    wez

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    wez
    a lot of companies these days allow using computer for interviews. reach out to the recruiter to see if this is a possibility. I know goog, fb, snap etc allow this. this computer is not an option, send spend time coding on the white board. very different from when type on computer, the main difference is that you cannot refactor as much, so you need to visualise the high level structure of the code before you start.
    May 28, 2017 1
  • Google
    MrSpanner

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    MrSpanner
    practicing on a whiteboard helps alot. but first concentrate on just getting good at solving problems. once you are there, then spend time on the whiteboard. it will force you to think in a modular fashion, just write out small APIs or function signatures which are easy to implement that the interviewer won't even bother. then your main code becomes clean and you save heaps of time.
    May 28, 2017 0
  • Yes. Lots. Get your friends to give practice interviews until you're bored.

    It's a stupid hurdle. But the $ /hour return on practice is really good
    May 28, 2017 0
  • Amazon
    gDHasf36

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    gDHasf36
    Practice on a real whiteboard. It not only helps organize things, it also forces you to think about layout before you code, so you don't make a ridiculous mess.
    May 28, 2017 0