[nawgz]

> not doing half-assed "problem solving" presentations without any preparation or analysis.

> I want my engineers to take their time, model problems, explore different approaches, and find solutions

So, you represent "whiteboard interviews" in bad faith as 'half-assed faux problem solving', and then you state all the things that I personally believe a whiteboard interview shows about an engineer's approach.

Listen, I am sure some roles don't require someone to ever problem solve, and that's fine. But if you think a white-board interview where you get to see someone approach a new problem, vocalize their common approaches, speak about the trade-offs of their approaches, and discuss how they'd implement it is closer to "half-assed" than "modeling problems and exploring different approaches", that's a you problem and not a me problem.

Your haircut strawman is par for the course in this thread.