I'm sure the post's author doesn't need interview advice anymore but in case there are any prospective interview candidates out there, completely freezing during an interview is a super negative signal. Even if you need to manually multiply out 2's on a whiteboard it would be more productive than saying "I don't know". In my experience the only reason you should say "I don't know" is if you're going to follow it with…
I always remember this old blog post: https://aneccodeal.blogspot.com/2014/02/interviewing-for-anx... I haven't done a whiteboarding interview for a while, but I remember them vividly. Hot flashes, sweating, stomach churning, anytime I'd be asked a question I am definitely capable of answering, my brain would shut down and refuse to start back up again. The most apt thing I could compare it to is stage fright. Even s…
Unfortunately acknowledging that you are in any substantive way human is a huge turnoff to these companies.
And approaching them with the suggestion that the interview process should have at least some resemblance to a 2-way street will be seen as a huge red flag, and a sure giveaway as to what an incorrigibly self-entitled primadonna you must be for even brokering that suggestion, as well.