> Is it really too much to ask to spend a few days solving some programming puzzles on a whiteboard? Yes. It's not a matter of capability - in over 20 profess

> Is it really too much to ask to spend a few days solving some programming puzzles on a whiteboard? Yes. It's not a matter of capability - in over 20 professional years I've yet to run into a problem I couldn't solve when I was motivated to do so - either because my job required it, or just because it was interesting. It's a matter of valuing my time. I do. Companies that want to put me through 12+ hours of interviews and exercises do not. And if they can't value it for interviewing purposes, chances seem very low that they'll value it when I'm an employee.