The whiteboard interview is coding's version of being asked to do a freestyle rap. It's largely orthogonal to creating good code, but it's also a trainable skill that arguably does show something, even if that something is just a willingness to play the game. Whether it's worth seriously training for is another matter.
Cue the music (sung to the tune of Eminem's 8 Mile Road, see https://bit.ly/2iI8tG2) and the scene of a nerd sweating in front of the whiteboard as the interviewers nod their heads to the beat:
Sometimes I just feel like, quittin', I still might
Why do I put up this fight, why do I still write (code)?
Sometimes I just hate life, something ain't right
Hit the brake lights, case of the stage fright
Drawing a blank like
It ain't my fault, great big eyeballs
My insides crawl, FizzBuzz I scrawl
And I clam up, I just slam shut
Gonna travel this road
Gonna show 'em my code
My Big-O is so dope
the universe will implode (as our hero proudly writes = O(1/n^2) on the board)
etc. Someone can make a viral video; I'm too busy practicing code problems.
Cue the music (sung to the tune of Eminem's 8 Mile Road, see https://bit.ly/2iI8tG2) and the scene of a nerd sweating in front of the whiteboard as the interviewers nod their heads to the beat:
Sometimes I just feel like, quittin', I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I still write (code)?
Sometimes I just hate life, something ain't right Hit the brake lights, case of the stage fright Drawing a blank like
It ain't my fault, great big eyeballs My insides crawl, FizzBuzz I scrawl And I clam up, I just slam shut
Gonna travel this road Gonna show 'em my code My Big-O is so dope the universe will implode (as our hero proudly writes = O(1/n^2) on the board)
etc. Someone can make a viral video; I'm too busy practicing code problems.