hiring-without-whiteboards

# 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](RECOMMENDATIONS.md) 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](https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards/pull/new/master) 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](https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards/pull/new/master) to remove them from this list.

### Discussion and other reads

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- Discussion
  - [HackerNews (2017)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13874026)
  - [HackerNews (2020)](https://web.archive.org/web/20260123042620/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23981795)
- [Finding a better alternative to the whiteboard interview](https://theoutline.com/post/1256/finding-a-better-alternative-to-the-whiteboard-interview)
- [How to hire engineering talent without the BS](https://jes.al//2023/03/how-to-hire-engineering-talent-without-the-bs/)
- [How I Hire Programmers](http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hiring.en) by Aaron Swartz

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## 0 - 9

- [1000.software](https://www.1000.software/careers) | 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](https://ats.rippling.com/aalyria-careers/jobs) | Remote | Timeboxed design exercise and related coding exercise, followed by a technical/behavioral discussion with the team, and behavioral interview with leadership
- [Able](https://able.co/careers) | Lima, PE / Remote | Coding interview, Technical interview (Backlog Refinement + System Design), Leadership interview (Behavioural)
- [Abstract](https://www.abstract.com) | San Francisco, CA
- [Accenture](https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers) | 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](https://www.accredible.com/careers) | Cambridge, UK / San Francisco, CA / Remote | Take home project, then a p