[screye]

I think now a days, selection through the whiteboard process simply comes first to how much you grind leet code and the like.

Ironically this leads to min- maxxers who ignore a good chunk of their courses simply to master leetcode. My smartest peers are ones who work on interesting projects and research, thus never finding time to grind interview questions.

Then there are also companies that expect your white board code to compile and have perfect syntax, which imo is very unreasonable.