Does anyone else believe interviews will get simpler in the times of Covid-19?

The argument is:

  • Almost all interviews are being conducted remotely via video chat
  • Without a whiteboard or even a pen and paper
  • Seriously disadvantaging the candidate with respect to discussing the problem statement, discover edge cases and patterns and explaining the answer to the interviewer
  • The interviewer may also feel severly limited in his/her ability to make sure the candidate understands the nuances and expectations from the problem

Design interviews will be severly impacted. Algorithmic problem solving questions may be impacted as well. Good luck explaining to the candidate what it means when two battleships dont collide (https://leetcode.com/problems/battleships-in-a-board/) or what is the expectation when tree nodes are deleted or rotated. lol

Thoughts?

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