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by mk89 2612 days ago
> I'd be a lot more comfortable with "We have a machine set up for you, but you can also bring your laptop,"

That's exactly how I do it. My goal is to assess the candidate's skills with realistic expectations, a whiteboard is a tool he or she can use, not the goal of my interview. If he can write code on a whiteboard and he doesn't know how to compile a program, it rings a bell.