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Instead of coding on the whiteboard, have you ever tried setting up a work station / projector combination ? (I'd even consider dual projectors for a dual-head setup).
I think it's much more realistic to watch how a potential candidate actually "types" the solution. They may stub things out, then go back and fill it in, they may write one version from top to bottom, or they might continually copy and paste code around the place. There are a thousand possibles.
I think actually watching them type and interact with the IDE will give you a lot of understanding that watching them struggle to draw a coherent "}" on the whiteboard will not.
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Instead of coding on the whiteboard, have you ever tried setting up a work station / projector combination ? (I'd even consider dual projectors for a dual-head setup).
I think it's much more realistic to watch how a potential candidate actually "types" the solution. They may stub things out, then go back and fill it in, they may write one version from top to bottom, or they might continually copy and paste code around the place. There are a thousand possibles.
I think actually watching them type and interact with the IDE will give you a lot of understanding that watching them struggle to draw a coherent "}" on the whiteboard will not.
-Dan