I have done my share of software-hiring and have been hired plenty of times too. It's double-sided for a candidate to complain about whiteboard examples, code

I have done my share of software-hiring and have been hired plenty of times too. It's double-sided for a candidate to complain about whiteboard examples, code tests, and code samples in the same breath. You're essentially saying, "Pay me a higher than average salary, with no evidence that I can actually do my job". Pick two, but not all three. I think whiteboard interviews suck. I think code tests can often be heavy-handed. I think providing code-samples, from a side project or something you spend an hour on JUST to use for applying to jobs, is completely justifiable.