How do engineers approach solving a problem? Whiteboard coding does a good job at assessing that, regardless of the candidates ability to actually solve the pr

How do engineers approach solving a problem? Whiteboard coding does a good job at assessing that, regardless of the candidates ability to actually solve the problem (for all the reasons why whiteboard coding sucks). Do you analyze the problem? Write test cases first? Write a mini spec? Gather Requirements? Ask Questions? Jump into code? Google? Verbalize the problems you encounter? In that respect, engineering coding interviews work well. But too often, they are essentially a binary Yes/No: Candidate solved the problem the way I want them to solve it.