This is an interesting perspective. I know that whiteboarding is the worst possible technique to personally face in an interview because of how my thought and c

This is an interesting perspective. I know that whiteboarding is the worst possible technique to personally face in an interview because of how my thought and creative processes work. Mostly I come to a new problem, explore it a bit, let myself do some background processing while I do something I know how to do in my sleep and then tackle the new problem. This is way more productive for me than dealing with the problem straight up where I would take the same about of time getting frustrated with the new problem while not doing anything productive. Also I tend to work based on reference. I know a lot of computer science theory that I do not retain in RAM (so to speak). A little refresher on a topic brings a whole new set of knowledge into play than if it's just me and a whiteboard. I really don't mind doing interview coding exercises in my own time because it is much more natural and I think a fair representation of my abilities in the real world.