Luckily I've also been doing this long enough that for every one that asks for a project or wants me to live-code, there are two that chat with me for 2-4 hours

Luckily I've also been doing this long enough that for every one that asks for a project or wants me to live-code, there are two that chat with me for 2-4 hours and come away eager as hell to get an offer to me before I accept one somewhere else, so it's not that big a deal. I mostly just wish places were more transparent about this stuff so if they're gonna whiteboard me I could either put in some targeted prep work so I (maybe) don't look like an idiot, or else say "thanks but no thanks" and save us both some time if I can't or don't want to cram that week.