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Anders Baumann

Hi Patrick.
What do you use instead of the white board interview to make sure the candidate is right for the position?

Thanks,
Anders

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Patrick Minton

We do one design interview, and one programming interview (out of 5 total). Candidates are encouraged to use the whiteboard if it helps them explain their thinking, but the whiteboard is just a tool.

So "design" will concentrate on architectural decisions, whereas "programming" will concentrate on things like algorithms and data structures.

The other 3 interviews are all about behavioral questions, not programming ones.