Hiring Without Whiteboards: Companies that don't have a broken hiring process (52.6k stars)
What it does
All text below is quoted directly from the project README.
>A list of companies (or teams) that don't do "whiteboard" interviews. "Whiteboards" are used as a metaphor, and are a symbol for the kinds of CS trivia questions that are associated with bad interview practices. Whiteboards are not bad – CS trivia questions are.
>The companies and teams listed here use interview techniques and questions that resemble day-to-day work. For example, pairing on a real world problem or a paid/unpaid take home exercise.
tl;dr
- Discussing a real world problem (with or without whiteboard) is
- Solving CS trivia, technical puzzles, riddles, brainteasers (with or without whiteboard) is
Duds
>If you've been through an interview with one of these companies recently, and your experience suggests otherwise from their description, please open a PR to remove them from this list.
Repository
poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards
Repository stats
|Metric|Value|
|:-|:-|
|Stars|52,595|
|Forks|3,961|
|Last release|None|
|Languages|JavaScript 100%|
|Contributors|1,023|
|AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot)|None|
|AI co-authored commits|None|
Main contributor
|Field|Value|
|:-|:-|
|Name|lauren|
|GitHub|@poteto|
|Commits to this repo|85 (top contributor)|
|Bio|▼・ᴥ・▼ Software Engineer @xai-org & @react compiler core team|
|Company / Location|@xai-org / socal|
|Website|no.lol|
|X / Twitter|@poteto|
|Followers|12,516|
|Public repos|85|
|On GitHub since|2012-01-30|
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Mentions
I have always said that leetcode is a terrible metric for hiring. If none of that proves it, @poteto had a massive open source repo for all companies that don't hire this way. poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards
@poteto Everyone supports woman until she's doing so much better than you I've been following your work since this repo on GitHub, I don't think that pstack of yours came out of no where, keep your head high let them talk 🦜 poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards
Hiring Without Whiteboards: Companies that don't have a broken hiring process (52.6k stars) What it does All text below is quoted directly from the project README. >A list of companies (or teams) that don't do "whiteboard" interviews. "Whiteboards" are used as a metaphor, and are a symbol for the kinds of CS trivia questions that are associated with bad interview practices. Whiteboards are not bad – CS trivia questions are. >The companies and teams listed here use interview techniques and questions that resemble day-to-day work. For example, pairing on a real world problem or a paid/unpaid take home exercise. tl;dr - Discussing a real world problem (with or without whiteboard) is - Solving CS trivia, technical puzzles, riddles, brainteasers (with or without whiteboard) is Duds >If you've been through an interview with one of these companies recently, and your experience suggests otherwise from their description, please open a PR to remove them from this list. Repository poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards Repository stats |Metric|Value| |:-|:-| |Stars|52,595| |Forks|3,961| |Last release|None| |Languages|JavaScript 100%| |Contributors|1,023| |AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot)|None| |AI co-authored commits|None| Main contributor |Field|Value| |:-|:-| |Name|lauren| |GitHub|@poteto| |Commits to this repo|85 (top contributor)| |Bio|▼・ᴥ・▼ Software Engineer @xai-org & @react compiler core team| |Company / Location|@xai-org / socal| |Website|no.lol| |X / Twitter|@poteto| |Followers|12,516| |Public repos|85| |On GitHub since|2012-01-30| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discover the best GitHub repos without the endless scrolling. Get top repos organized by category (AI, DevOps, Databases & more), plus key takeaways from developers' most useful comments - all in one free, twice-weekly newsletter. 👉 Get the best repos & community insights - Free