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When I do whiteboard questions, I write in pseudocode. It takes some companies by surprise, but in the end they usually understand my reasoning: Whiteboards ar
by kstenerud 8y ago
When I do whiteboard questions, I write in pseudocode. It takes some companies by surprise, but in the end they usually understand my reasoning:
Whiteboards are for writing down algorithms and quick charts and other design-phase stuff, not writing compilable code.
- kyralis 8y agoI explicitly tell candidates that they should use pseudocode. Nitpicking stupid syntax that the compiler can catch in a whiteboard interview is pretty pointless.