One thing I prefer about whiteboard coding interview exams is that the do require an investment of time from the interviewing company. Take-homes allow them to

One thing I prefer about whiteboard coding interview exams is that the do require an investment of time from the interviewing company. Take-homes allow them to externalize the horrendous inefficiency of the interviewing process. Beyond that, I think articles like this are important to read and circulate widely. Young people need to know that if they become doctors, lawyers, nurses, actuaries, licensed processional engineers, dentists, or financial planners, they will indeed need to take a test. However, the test will be managed by a central authority, with predictable content, with a clear study path, and once you take the entrance exam, you won't have to take it over and over during job interviews for the rest of your life. There may be refresher exams, but again, they will be managed by the licensing body and will provide a clear preparation path, and will be graded consistently. It won't all be left to the whims of whoever thought up a question. If you become a dev, you will deal with interview exams, often conducted by people who are not really qualified to conduct exams, every time you interview, even if you have decades of experience. If you are a senior actuary, you will not need to integrate by parts every time you interview, but if you are a developer, you may very well have to find all matching subtrees in a binary tree every time you interview. You are signing up for a lifetime of retaking your intro to algorithms midterm. You may be able to avoid this by starting a consulting company, or going into management, but at this point, if you plan to be a "knowledge worker", I would highly recommend taking a look at other fields.