> a lot of programming interviews are terrible because they abuse the whiteboard I think this puts the cause in the wrong place. The interviews aren't terrible

> a lot of programming interviews are terrible because they abuse the whiteboard I think this puts the cause in the wrong place. The interviews aren't terrible because they abuse the whiteboard. The interviews are terrible because the interviewers have no idea what they're doing or why. I'll grant, if whiteboarding weren't standard, the particular form of terrible interview they did might be less stressful for candidates, but I doubt it would be any more effective.