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Whiteboard sessions

The board you will use

“This is a one hour video call with the help of a virtual whiteboard. We don’t write code in this session, except perhaps sketching out some data models and interfaces.”

Monzo EngineeringMonzo blog: mobile engineering interview guide

Monzo · 2025-01-29

A virtual whiteboard, no code

Practise explaining a board the interviewer cannot see.

Example

Revise when it changes

“We’ll ask questions, challenge assumptions, and possibly ask you to take on additional information that may precipitate a change to your system.”

Monzo EngineeringMonzo blog: backend engineering interview process

Monzo · 2022-03-23

New information may change your system

Practise redrawing when a shared resource changes the fastest path.

Example

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