Whiteboard interviews

Veritas / Eng
threeComma

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threeComma
Jul 1, 2018 7 Comments

Do you guys/gals use a real whiteboard to practice whiteboard interviews?
How important is it to practice on a real whiteboard?

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  • Comfortably doing design or coding on whiteboard is very important. In many tech companies, your interviewer may take a picture of the whiteboard at the end of the interview. You can practice on notebook so get used to expressing designs and algo/code that way. There are lot of cool tricks on how to use the space optimally - I do this (got this tip from Google recruiter) - have 4 sections (does not have to be equal).
    - write down the problem given to you. You can underline key parts etc. interviewer may correct it if you heard something wrong. You can use this section to write notes too.
    - design portion - boxes, flowcharts go here
    - code goes here
    - test cases go here.
    Jul 1, 2018 0
  • Amazon
    JFqh04

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    JFqh04
    yes and very. writing code feels weird. Get used to it before the interview.
    Jul 1, 2018 2
  • Google / Eng
    leet200

    Go to company page Google Eng

    leet200
    Too time consuming. I bought a whiteboard but just ended up using a notebook instead. Knowing the algos is more important than having good whiteboard handwriting
    Jul 1, 2018 1
  • SAP
    J6H3M1

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    J6H3M1
    yes. also you can ask for a laptop in some companies
    Jul 1, 2018 0