I&#x27;m a CS student and most students I know dislike whiteboarding too (and by extension many, if not most, YC startup employees do too). But I&#x27;m pretty okay at them now, having had lots of practice. The key advantage for students I think is the ability to have sustained practice over the course of a month (e.g. &gt; 4 onsites over the course of a month), which most students can afford since their schedules are flexible. Also, I&#x27;ve recently had interviews at a few YC companies you&#x27;ve heard of, and they had me code on my laptop. I didn&#x27;t whiteboard at all except for system design questions.<p>Reply to below: Most companies have me do at least one non-technical system design and&#x2F;or talk-about-a-project interview.