This is sort of well-worn territory. It's been addressed with greater detail, data, and eloquence several times over. Threatening to puke about a commonplace wh

This is sort of well-worn territory. It's been addressed with greater detail, data, and eloquence several times over. Threatening to puke about a commonplace whiteboard question really just comes off as obnoxious. I don't see what the problem is with just memorizing the answers to these boilerplate questions. That way, you can be proactive about your response when asked. You can even just use your knowledge of the question to anticipate and disarm the interviewer's boring whiteboard exercise. But I guess being plaintive and edgy is as good a method as any to get to the front page of HN, right?