Yeah, I opened a can of worms with my comment, didn&#x27;t I?  For the record, I&#x27;m one of the people who has complained here on HN about whiteboard interviews.  Just because they taught me that I rely a bit too much on the compile&#x2F;run cycle doesn&#x27;t mean that I think coding exercises at the whiteboard are the right way to do interviews!<p>I think your use of the term &quot;latency&quot; is a very good way to describe some of the problems around whiteboard coding.