Take the 2-minute tour ×  Recently I heard of a company that,
for interviews, asks potential employees to stand up and write
out code on a whiteboard. Apparently that freaked alot of
interviewees out.  This got me thinking and even though I
consider myself a reasonable programmer, I would be hard pressed
to write lengthy code out without referring to previous code I
had written or doing a quick Google search.  How many
programmers could safely say "Yes I could write all my code out
just like I was writing an email"?  share|improve this question
I doubt that you would have to write anything on a white board
that would require the need for references. –  Pemdas Jan 26 '11
at 17:24 Well you dont know do you? Could be a cruel
interviewer? –  benhowdle89 Jan 26 '11 at 17:27 I have had to do
this many times in interviews. Sometimes a SQL statement,
sometimes a full method. It's not all that difficult, and it
give you a chance to walk through your solution and your thought
process while writing it. Sometimes, if you