Ask HN: Do other fields of engineering have an equivalent to whiteboarding?
Not quite engineering, but related:<p>Professional orchestras have auditions, where you will perform a piece from the solo repertoire in front of the head of the section you are auditioning for, and a few other key staff (e.g. [1]). Some auditions will include orchestral parts, and you can buy books of famous solos for most instruments.<p>This repertoire has little in common with the kind of playing you will be paid for, other than as a pure display of technical ability (just like whiteboarding). For example, it is relatively poor as a gauge of the ability to play with others (accompanists follow you, not the other way around), or of your fitting in with the rest of your section.<p>Even on a technical level, performing a showy piece well in the few minutes of the audition does not mean you have the stamina to sustain this playing through four hours of Wagner.<p>[1] &quot;The jury consists of 25 members of the orchestra: two of four concertmasters, the principals, the VPO chairman and managing director, five musicians of the relevant orchestra section, two staff council members from the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, and a representative of the Vienna State Opera’s management.&quot; - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20141203022823&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;slippedisc.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;11&#x2F;pictures-at-an-audition-for-the-vienna-philharmonic" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20141203022823&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;slippedisc....</a>