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Not OP, but I use whiteboards to sketch system designs and things like that. For instance, I'd sketch out the path that a request might take through a complicat
by organsnyder 8y ago
Not OP, but I use whiteboards to sketch system designs and things like that. For instance, I'd sketch out the path that a request might take through a complicated system (intake via a REST service, flows through a queue, consumed by another service, persisted to a database...). That's the sort of thing that I would be comfortable doing as part of an interview—though I wouldn't expect a junior developer to be able to do it.
AFAICT, the backlash is around interviews where candidates are asked to write code (or pseudocode) on a whiteboard. Being able to implement bubble sort on a whiteboard does not correlate very well with being able to deliver business value, in my experience.
- xur17 8y ago> Being able to implement bubble sort on a whiteboard does not correlate very well with being able to deliver business value, in my experience. To add to this, it's being able to write code on a whiteboard in a high pressure situation while talking about every step you're taking. Over time I've gotten more comfortable with this, but mainly by doing more interviews, not by getting better at my job.
- Azeolus 8y agoIf you ever find yourself in a situation that Broadcast television would have us believe, you'll be excellent at coding that hotfix into a real time system as the president of the United States looks over your shoulder.
- extralego 8y agoWhen I was younger, this would probably make me feel insufficient but I have done enough ‘learning stuff’ by now that I expect this kind of comfort to only come with experience.