[catchmrbharath]

I used to believe this. As a masters student who is going to graduate soon, I have to put in months of preparation for the interviews. Nobody believes in your ability to write code even after having close to 100+ commits to a popular open source project. People expect you to come to the correct solution after 5 minutes of them asking the question.

[buzzybee]

IME the interview you have depends a lot on org size and how close the interviewer is to the money. A technical founder will tend to interview with an eye towards product and marketing and sitting down in a real environment to do sample code. As you go down the line and interview at bigger orgs with more departments, it becomes more specialized, the culture overwhelms the business, and you get more of the "idealized CS graduate" syndrome.

[sotojuan]

Meh, I never prepared for any interviews and I'm gainfully employed. Granted, I don't apply to companies who are known to give whiteboard challenges I have to prep for.