You could just give them a box to SSH into.

Years ago I interview for a position over Skype and for the technical portion I was expected to figure out a hand drawn diagram held up to the webcam. That didn't go well.

The whole when-to-disclose question is one I think on a lot when I look for a job. Generally, I feel out the company during a first conversation over the phone / a zoom call / things like that. If they themselves bring up accessibility, that is a good time to disclose. If they don't, I generally wait until I generally don't have another choice:

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\- When I have to come in physically. I have a guide dog, so dog allergies can be a thing, and not heeding those isn't a good idea when coming in for a first impression.

\- When I have to do some kind of assessment, exercise or assignment that has a completely flow-breaking accessibility issue. Think visual logic puzzles, working over RDP etc.

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This may be a Netherlands thing but generally interviews here are staged. First stage tends to just be an intro between the applicant and the rep from the company, and after that they decide if they give you a take-home exercise, or some kind of live coding thing. I've found that if I get to that second stage, they already have a good feeling about me and it therefore becomes easier to disclose, but then, I'm a developer, and a lot of people will have already figured it out by then as they would have googled me and I don't make a secret of me being a blind developer :)

I have never actually had it happen that no accommodation could be made once that happened, save for one company which ad a standardized assessment throughout their entire multinational infrastructure.

So ...I've done exercises at home, coded in front of a live audience, and if whiteboarding needed doing, what I would generally do is describe the process verbally and have someone draw out what I needed them to draw while I was speaking. This tends to work reasonably well.

All that is a really long-winded way of saying, I don't think the process of OP would inconvenience me all that much given I can still use my tools the way I can do best. It's quite a bit better than, say, a lot of proctored certification exams where you are far more limited in what you can and cannot use, for example.

Hi, I don't have an answer but just want to say thank you for inadvertently contributing to my company's hiring policy. My team was recently discussing whether we should include a live coding exercise in our interview process or not. Nobody considered how this would affect candidates with disabilities so I'm glad that I came across your post!

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I haven't worked ever since I went totally blind, but before losing my sight I had no problem with those even though I only had 10% of vision, and I've always disclosed my disability upfront. If I'm applying to a position that means I'm able enough to perform that position without any accommodations, otherwise I just don't apply, which is why I don't work anymore.

I think that the expectation that society should adapt to accommodate the disabled is wrong, as my disability is no one else's problem, so no one else should be burdened by it. It's true that I benefit from a disability income that in my case is more than enough for my needs, but I only do so with a clear consciousness because society doesn't grant me the option to terminate my own life safely.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not depressed or anything, and as a matter of fact I'm actually happy the way I am, but I do recognize that one way or another I can't avoid being a burden to society due to my disability, therefore my existence is not justified.