I agree that whiteboard programming can be alien, but certainly a programmer needs to be able to communicate an algorithm in some way other than pure code. I w

I agree that whiteboard programming can be alien, but certainly a programmer needs to be able to communicate an algorithm in some way other than pure code. I would think an interviewer should accept someone saying "I'm having trouble on the board, but what I want to do is loop through the numbers, and for each number, mod it with 15, 3 and 5 and then print FizzBizz, Fizz or Bizz." Or, have them draw a diagram, whatever. Of course, this would need to be supplemented with a coding sample or anything that shows that the person can code when they are in a comfortable environment.