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by OhHeyItsE 3384 days ago
I don't think anyone has any issue with having to physically use a marker on a whiteboard during an interview. What else would you use for a system design question?

What is insane is expecting a candidate to be able to navigate a million state modification and off-by-one gotchas using only a marker and their short-term memory.

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> I don't think anyone has any issue with having to physically use a marker on a whiteboard during an interview.

I have friends whose RSI is sufficiently bad that it could be an issue.