[lgieron]

Note that this might not work in the google-style whiteboard coding questions. In these, you're usually judged on the output you manage to produce within the duration of the interview, and being chatty or even thoroughly explaining your thinking process will eat into those precious minutes.

[nnd]

That's debatable.

I actually had the same impression from my Google interview, but at the same time they claim that they actually judge you based on you cognitive skills, rather than the output.