Here's the thing, you're not too wrong either. I don't doubt that there are tons of great programmers who can't pass a technical whiteboard interview for various reasons.

But without a doubt if you pass a whiteboard interview your success at that interview is highly highly correlated with your success at the job.

You tell me... how do we screen for these master bullshitters and hire people like you? I would love to know because I see no other alternative than to use whiteboard interviews. I want to hire someone like you, but I have no clue how to differentiate you from a person who can really code and a person who is a master bullshitter.