> Then we ask them to write some code on the whiteboard. We give them a simple problem
Can you share what kind of problem?
This actually sounds pretty close to what we did at my previous company, except that candidates were given a computer (nothing had to compile, it's just that we don't expect anyone to be able to write code on whiteboard) and two coding problems.
First one was pretty simple, such as printing a folder structure with nice indentation (given some predefined input data structure). The second one was harder, although we hired plenty who did not manage to completely solve that one, but if they did it was a plus.
Also had some design questions after that. Some people still complained that the interview was abstract algorithmic nonsense without relevance to real life.
> Then we ask them to write some code on the whiteboard. We give them a simple problem
Can you share what kind of problem?
This actually sounds pretty close to what we did at my previous company, except that candidates were given a computer (nothing had to compile, it's just that we don't expect anyone to be able to write code on whiteboard) and two coding problems.
First one was pretty simple, such as printing a folder structure with nice indentation (given some predefined input data structure). The second one was harder, although we hired plenty who did not manage to completely solve that one, but if they did it was a plus.
Also had some design questions after that. Some people still complained that the interview was abstract algorithmic nonsense without relevance to real life.