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Hiring Without Whiteboards

A community-maintained list of companies that hire without whiteboard-style trivia interviews.

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53.1k
Forks
4k
Licence
MIT
Language
JavaScript
Last update
1 months ago
Type
Curated list

What it is

This is a curated list of companies and teams that say they use realistic interview methods, such as pairing on a real problem or doing a take-home exercise, instead of whiteboard puzzles or CS trivia. Each entry gives a location and a short description of the interview steps. People use it to find employers whose hiring process resembles day-to-day work.

  • Browse companies by location and find ones that use take-home projects or pair programming
  • Check the README's linked articles and recommendations for ways to run better interviews
  • Submit a pull request to add a company or remove one whose interview experience differs from its listing

Great for

  • Job seekers who want to avoid trivia-style technical interviews
  • Developers looking for employers with work-sample or pairing interviews
  • Students researching companies before applying
  • Hiring managers looking for examples of alternative interview formats

Not ideal for

  • Anyone who needs verified, current information about a company's hiring process, since entries are community-submitted and the README asks people to report outdated ones
  • People looking for software to install or run, since this is a plain list
Step-by-step guide: how to use Hiring Without WhiteboardsInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

How to get it

  1. 1

    Read it online

    Clone the repository

    git clone https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards
  2. 2

    Run it

    • Open the repository on GitHub.
    • Read the tl;dr to understand what counts as a non-whiteboard interview.
    • Browse the alphabetical company sections and follow company links to check current openings.
    • Open a pull request if you have a company to add or a listing to remove.
  3. 3

    Get the most out of it

    • Read the linked RECOMMENDATIONS.md for guidance on running better interviews
    • Read the linked articles under Discussion and other reads for background on alternative hiring
    • Use the Duds section to see how the list handles reports of mismatched experiences

Downloads

Source code (.zip)main branch · straight from GitHub

Strengths

  • Entries are short and easy to scan by letter and location
  • Includes links to written guides on better interview practices
  • Open to contributions through pull requests

Trade-offs

  • Information is self-reported and may be out of date
  • The README is truncated here, so the full list was not reviewed

How it compares

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Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.