I see a lot of different opinions in this comments and I believe that there is truth in both sides of the situation. Whiteboard is pretty much useless to determ

I see a lot of different opinions in this comments and I believe that there is truth in both sides of the situation. Whiteboard is pretty much useless to determinate the technical skills of the person but it can be useful as to understanding how a person uses their communication/critical thinking skills . I do not think that the problem is the whiteboard per se but rather the use that the employers makes of situation. If the interviewer is aware of what using a whiteboard is good/bad for than the outcome can be good even if the whiteboard problem is not fully solved. The issue with the ordeal arises when people take the whiteboard approach at face value. "This is a problem, solve it." and take the end result as a direct example of the applicant's skills. I think that a good interviewer should be able to communicate what is expected out of a whiteboard test and make the candidate at ease. Obviously interviews with this approach are seemingly rather rare because people that conduct the interview often don't have the skills or the experience to conduct thought out interviews and take problems without maybe thinking of how they should evaluate the result of a test.