Whiteboard Challenge® is a multi-award winning tech show aimed at improving the engineering community and giving a voice to those who have been silenced.

SYNOPSIS

Whiteboard Challenge® is based on a tech industry interviewing practice where naturally introverted software engineers are asked to step out of their comfort zone by solving a coding challenge, hand written on a whiteboard, in front of a panel of experts. This is the standard, yet unnerving process across the tech industry.

This original series holds the unique entertainment value of being both compelling to watch and a program for learning. While most series use general knowledge as a basis for game/challenge, our series presents and illustrates a skill that requires incredible talent, but is also becoming a skill requirement on a basic level even among elementary school students.

A Whiteboard Challenge® interview is an employment test intended to screen out a class of individuals with disabilities (Autism, PTSD, Anxiety, etc.) by using a selection criteria that is not job-related for the position in question and is not consistent with business necessity. This practice is a violation of federal law Title 42, U.S.C., 12112 (b)(6).

The primary intention of the Whiteboard Challenge® series is to advocate for the diversity, equity, and inclusion of software engineers and software engineering related positions within the tech industry as well as to showcase methods to improve the overall interview process to be more inclusive by adhering to federal laws while providing an entertaining and educational platform encouraging others to have interest in joining the field of software engineering and information technology.

SUMMARY

Real software engineers perform the infamous Whiteboard Challenge® interview in front of a live audience, testing their talent and tenacity for solving brain-bending coding challenges. Viewers vote for their favorite, while learning to code and compete from home.

Each episode has a main theme which is represented by the code challenge. This teaches the audience how common applications and services are built as well as intrigue viewers into the field. Each contestant is asked the code challenge individually as the judges discuss related topics with the host. The question is the same for each contestant while teaching the viewer.

Once each contestant has completed the challenge, feedback is provided by an assigned judge using questions similar to those at an interview. When all three contestants are complete, the judges eliminate one contestant.

The remaining two contestants then transcribe their answers to functional code. This is then run through a visual simulation for the audience to see. The winner of the show is based on audience votes and code efficiency. The judges then provide feedback on how they would answer the question and give reasons to this answer.

EPISODES

Multi-award winning tech show aimed at improving the engineering community and giving a voice to those who have been silenced.

Season 01 | Episode 00

Inspired by Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Gobels Johnson for calculating the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. Contestants, all African American women, write an algorithm to navigate a spacecraft from Earth to Mars.

Season 01 | Episode 01

Inspired by Grace Hopper who invented the first computer compiler. Contestants, all women, write an algorithm to transpile sets of code into another computer language.

Season 01 | Episode 02

Inspired by John Forbes Nash Jr. who made contributions to game theory and partial differential equations. Contestants, all with hidden disabilities, write a machine learning algorithm that uses game theory to predict optimal behaviors.

Season 01 | Episode 03

Inspired by Alan Turing, the cryptanalyst who solved Enigma, the device used by the German military command to encode strategic messages. Contestants, all war veterans, write an algorithm to encrypt and decrypt a complex set of messages.

Season 01 | Episode 04

Inspired by Aaron Swartz, the child computer prodigy who advocated for information to be free. Contestants, all child prodigies, write an algorithm to catalog large sets of data with indexing and search functionality.

Season 01 | Episode 05

Inspired by Ada Lovelace, known as "the first computer programmer;" daughter of poet, Lord Byron; and mathematician physicist, Lady Byron. Contestants, all musicians and poets, write a program to rhyme phrases and create syllabic stanzas.

Season 01 | Episode 06

Inspired by Roy Clay Sr., known as the "Godfather of Silicon Valley" who wrote software to simulate how particles spread after an atomic explosion. Contestants, all with startups, write the core algorithm for particle generation.

Season 01 | Episode 07

Inspired by Julian Assange, known for creating WikiLeaks and hacking government, educational, and corporate networks. Contestants, all reformed hackers, write algorithms to hack data from unknown sources before optimizing for archival.

Season 01 | Episode 08

Inspired by the many homeless software engineers in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Contestants, all homeless or formerly homeless, write an algorithm of a self-driving vehicle as the core mechanic behind a ways based map application.

Season 01 | Episode 09

Contestants diagram and detail the architecture for a game similar to Pokémon Go which includes deep knowledge of mobile application development, site reliability engineering, database architecture, user experience design, and more.

Season 01 | Episode 10

Contestants diagram and detail the architecture for a digital streaming service similar to Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime which includes deep knowledge across many disciplines of software engineering and architecture.

Season 01 | Episode 11

Contestants diagram and detail the architecture for a social network similar to Facebook which includes deep knowledge across many disciplines of software engineering and architecture.

Season 01 | Episode 12

Contestants answer behavioral and situational based questions while connected to a polygraph machine. The winner is decided by votes from the audience based on personal preference unrelated to the contestants’ skill and ability.

Season 01 | Episode 13

BILLING

CINEDAPT presents a CINEDAPTIVE film
edited, produced, written, and directed by MICHAEL KURETH

SCREENINGS

  • Feb 19, 2021
    KaPow Intergalactic Film Festival
    North Hollywood, CA
  • Oct 31, 2020
    Baltimore Next Media Web Fest
    Baltimore, MD
  • Sept 10, 2020
    Burbank International Film Festival
    Burbank, CA
  • Mar 1, 2020
    Golden State Film Festival
    Hollywood, CA
  • Oct 24, 2019
    Marina del Ray Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Sept 21, 2019
    World Premiere
    Los Angeles, CA

LEGAL

Owner of copyrights, trademark, and exclusive rights – Michael Kureth
For acquisition and distribution, contact mike@cinedapt.com. By federal law, you are required to option screenplay rights if you are interested in creating a similar tech show. Violators will receive a cease and desist notice followed by civil and federal charges for copyright infringement and trademark infringement.

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Official Trademark #88926705

Story Treatment Registration
WGA 2017 1910835 – Copyright 2017 PAu003871727
Tech Game Show with Software Engineers

Screenplay Registration
WGA 2019 1997819 – Copyright 2019 PAu003970750
Tech Talk Show with Software Engineers

Film Registration
Copyright 2019 PAu003984722
Tech Game Talk Show Discussing Societal Issues with Software Engineers

Whiteboard Challenge – Pitch Video
Copyright 2020 PAu004027219

Whiteboard Challenge – Series Treatment
Copyright 2020 PAu004027216

Whiteboard Challenge – Season One
Copyright 2020 #1-9911131031

Whiteboard Challenge

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