Hiring Without Whiteboards
A curated list of companies that avoid whiteboard-style CS trivia interviews in favor of practical, real-world hiring practices.
What is Hiring Without Whiteboards?
Hiring Without Whiteboards is an open-source directory that lists companies and teams which do not use traditional 'whiteboard' interviews—metaphorically referring to computer science trivia and algorithmic puzzles—in their hiring processes. It helps job seekers find employers that assess candidates through practical, work-relevant methods like pairing exercises, take-home projects, and real-world problem discussions.
Software developers, engineers, and tech job seekers who want to avoid companies with stressful, trivia-based interview processes and instead find employers with more realistic and respectful hiring practices.
It provides a transparent, community-vetted resource that saves job seekers time by filtering out companies with broken hiring processes, promoting a shift toward more equitable and effective interview techniques in the tech industry.
Overview
⭐️ Companies that don't have a broken hiring process
Use Cases
Best For
- Finding companies that use take-home projects instead of live coding puzzles
- Identifying employers that conduct pair programming interviews
- Job seekers who want to avoid LeetCode or HackerRank-style interviews
- Developers looking for roles with interview processes that mirror actual work
- Researching companies with transparent and practical hiring methods
- Contributing to a community-driven resource on better hiring practices
Not Ideal For
- Recruiters screening candidates with standardized algorithmic tests like LeetCode
- Job seekers needing comprehensive company data on salary, benefits, or team culture
- Companies seeking a proprietary platform to design or manage their interview processes
Pros & Cons
Pros
The directory is maintained via GitHub pull requests, enabling continuous updates and accuracy through crowd-sourced contributions, as highlighted in the README's open call for PRs.
Linked with Airtable and external sites like No Whiteboards for filtering and job searching, providing practical tools beyond the basic GitHub list.
Includes a 'Duds' section for reporting companies that deviate from listed practices, fostering honesty and user feedback, as mentioned in the README.
Promotes interview methods like pairing and take-home projects that mirror real work, clearly distinguishing between good and bad practices in the tl;dr section.
Cons
Focuses solely on interview methods, omitting critical job factors like compensation, remote policies, or company culture, which reduces its utility for holistic job searches.
Relies on user submissions without automated verification, leading to potential outdated or incorrect entries, as acknowledged in the 'Duds' section requiring manual PRs for corrections.
The core GitHub repository is a simple text list, lacking built-in advanced filters or real-time updates, forcing users to depend on external tools like Airtable for better search.
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