Hiring without whiteboards
I&#x27;m responsible for hiring developers at our company based in Berlin, Germany, and found it best to have a guided interview about the candidate&#x27;s work experience and interesting problems that she&#x2F;he solved. I never understood the whiteboard hazing&#x2F;CS trivia that are so widely discussed on HN since it seems extremely disconnected from the actual work that&#x27;s being done.<p>That said, I&#x27;m always surprised how many candidates cannot even point to one problem they worked on they found interesting or one solution that they&#x27;re proud of.<p>We worked with an HR consultant to develop a interview guide in the form of certain questions that we make sure to hit during the interview in order to be able to compare between candidates and make an informed decision.<p>However, we&#x27;re small and not in the US. Anyone have experience with other companies in Germany&#x2F;Europe? How does the typical interview work over here?