I like to use whiteboards for non-coding design questions, like talking through how you would architect an app, drawing DB schema diagrams, etc. It's a tool tha

I like to use whiteboards for non-coding design questions, like talking through how you would architect an app, drawing DB schema diagrams, etc. It's a tool that we use for collaborating on things like this in the office, so demonstrating an ability to do it is meaningful. Actually hand-writing code with a pen has always seemed weird to me. As a programmer, I compose code with a keyboard. So I give candidates a laptop and use an interactive screensharing tool (I like https://codepad.remoteinterview.io https://codepad.remoteinterview.io) where they can run code in the language of their choice in a browser, and I can watch and talk through the process.