We agree but this is different than what reads from your comment. I am not native English but reread it a few times now and it still reads like you approve with

We agree but this is different than what reads from your comment. I am not native English but reread it a few times now and it still reads like you approve with the OP in coding on a whiteboard as interview practice and calling that a softskill. But yes what you suggest here is what we do. And that is actually fun for the coder (if not highly anti social) as well as it is for the team too.