"We currently use a white board for most of the coding exercises. I am not satisfied with this because it penalizes different ways of thinking and communicating

"We currently use a white board for most of the coding exercises. I am not satisfied with this because it penalizes different ways of thinking and communicating." So ask the interviewee to bring in a laptop (since he'll already have everything set up the way he's used to). Or buy one for this specific purpose. The answer is so simple. Instead they choose to complain about it. Any other solution is wrong. And while you're at it, shut the fuck up while your interviewer is working on your stupid problems. That will go a really long way. Then again, a place that hires someone who can't see this obvious solution is not a place I want to work at.