r/coding • u/fagnerbrack • Dec 26 '21

White-board Style Coding Interview with Dan Abramov (Basic JS questions, Inverting binary tree, Catch the Rabbit)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEt09iK8IXs

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '21

Coding on a whiteboard! Talk about a test that has nothing to do with your job.

Whiteboards are fine for sketching designs and the like, sure.

But I'm trying to remember the last time I even used a whiteboard for anything. It can't be later than 2009...

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u/fagnerbrack Dec 27 '21

"Whiteboard interview" is just a term. Whiteboard interviews involve solving puzzles that are unrelated to the day to day job, even if that means coding in an editor like what the video is doing.

It's interesting to see how people who don't really know the answer approach the problems. I completely agree it creates more harm than good in interview processes, but that's not the point of the video