How to attempt a Live Whiteboarding Interview?

iMocha's Live Interview offers the ideal environment to showcase your skills in real time.

A whiteboarding interview is a technical problem-solving assessment that involves a candidate writing code, solving technical problems, and explaining diagrams on a whiteboard. You can virtually assess a candidate's technical and problem-solving skills using the whiteboard interview on iMocha. It helps you prove your technical expertise and job readiness.

Joining the Live Whiteboarding Interview:

1. Click the link to the Interview, as received in the email invitation, or directly access the interview in your Outlook or Google calendar (blocked using the Add to Calendar option received with the invitation). 

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2. You will be redirected to the interview platform once you click the Interview Link. Fill in your Full name and Email address and click Join the Interview

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3. The following System Compatibility Check page

appears:
Follow the instructions to record your audio and capture your base image.

Recording Audio allows you to test the clarity and quality of your audio equipment and ensure that your microphone is functioning properly. In case of any issues, you can address and resolve them before the interview starts.
Taking a photo provides a reference image for verification purposes, helping the interviewer confirm your identity. It lets you present your best self by ensuring you are appropriately dressed and groomed for the interview.

Note: If the host interviewer hasn't started the interview yet, you will be asked to wait until the host starts the interview. 

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4. You will be admitted to the interview platform when the host starts the interview. The following screen appears on entering the Live Interview platform: 

You can interact with the interviewing panel via text, audio, or video and answer the questions asked by the panel.

As the interview panel adds different questions, those are loaded into the question panel. You can navigate to the questions through the question number bar.

Excalidraw is the interesting whiteboarding add-on the interviewer uses to interact with you. It is a tool in the diagramming category of a tech stack. It lets you quickly sketch diagrams with a hand-drawn feel to showcase your technical expertise, problem-solving, and logic-building skills. The whiteboarding interview platform appears as shown below. 

Note: During the interview, your performance shall be rated on multiple criteria or parameters. These parameters are predetermined by the interview scheduler as per  requirements. 

Examples of few popular parameters for coding interviews are code quality, technical communication, code optimization, code design, problem-solving, etc. 

5. Click the Leave Session button to leave the interview platform after finishing the interaction with the interview panel.

Note: If the host ends the interview before you leave the interview, the session will end automatically for you.

6. You will be redirected to the feedback page when the session ends. Feel free to share your experience here and click on Submit Feedback

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Good Luck! 

For any queries, mail us at support@imocha.io.