>I think the point is if someone is under-represented and they merely do "OK" on the whiteboard, other latent biases might downgrade the candidate in the final

>I think the point is if someone is under-represented and they merely do "OK" on the whiteboard, other latent biases might downgrade the candidate in the final analysis But if you don't do a whiteboard interview, everyone is by default only OK. Biases rule the day. If you do a whiteboard interview, then at least they get a chance to do great and defy your biases.