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Hiring Without Whiteboards

A list of companies (or teams) that don't do "whiteboard" interviews. "Whiteboards" are used as a metaphor, and are a _symbol_ for the kinds of CS trivia questions that are associated with bad interview practices. Whiteboards are not bad – CS trivia questions are. Using sites like HackerRank/LeetCode _probably_ fall into a similar category.

The companies and teams listed here use interview techniques and questions that resemble day-to-day work. For example, pairing on a real world problem or a paid/unpaid take home exercise. Read (and contribute to) our recommendations for ways to conduct better interviews.

 tl;dr

- Discussing a real world problem (with or without whiteboard) is 👍
- Solving CS trivia, technical puzzles, riddles, brainteasers (with or without whiteboard) is 👎

Please open a PR to be added.

 Duds

If you've been through an interview with one of these companies recently, and your experience suggests otherwise from their description, please open a PR to remove them from this list.

 Discussion and other reads



- Discussion
  - HackerNews (2017)
  - HackerNews (2020)
- Finding a better alternative to the whiteboard interview
- How to hire engineering talent without the BS
- How I Hire Programmers by Aaron Swartz



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- 1000.software | Krakow, Poland / Remote | Series of 2 interviews first on soft skills, second on technical skills (how to build things, how to solve specific, real world problem, best practice) and meeting with a team leader. Sometimes a take home, simple project.

 A - C

- Aalyria | Remote | Timeboxed design exercise and related coding exercise, followed by a technical/behavioral discussion with the team, and behavioral interview with leadership
- Able | Lima, PE / Remote | Coding interview, Technical interview (Backlog Refinement + System Design), Leadership interview (Behavioural)
- Abstract | San Francisco, CA
- Accenture | San Francisco, CA / Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Technical phone discussion with architecture manager, followed by behavioral interview focusing on soft skills
- Accredible | Cambridge, UK / San Francisco, CA / Remote | Take home project, then a pair-programming and discussion onsite / Skype round.
- Acko | Mumbai, India | Phone interview, followed by a small take home problem. Finally a F2F or skype pair programming session
- Acumen | London, UK | Small take home test, and sit in on some sprint rituals on-site
- Adaface | Remote/ Singapore, Singapore / Bangalore, India | Conversational on-the-job technical assessment, followed by video calls with technical lead and founders
- AdCellerant | Denver, CO | Technical phone screen, 5-day take home code challenge, then on-site interview comprised of cultural and technical discussions
- Adeva | New York, USA | 4 steps interviewing process that includes online coding assignment + lead engineer call.
- AdEx Network | Sofia, Bulgaria / Remote | Email screening process, followed by a