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Dustin seems to take offence at the idea that FizzBuzz would be used in a technical interview to screen job candidates. Jeff Atwood on the other hand thinks it

by xeniak 10y ago

Dustin seems to take offence at the idea that FizzBuzz would be used in a technical interview to screen job candidates. Jeff Atwood on the other hand thinks it's a great way to filter out "developers" who can't program their way out of a wet paper bag: https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/

sotojuan 10y ago
A lot of the people that hate on programming interviews haven't had to interview candidates. Don't get me wrong, interviews are still annoying and sorta broken but your perspective really changes when you're the one filtering candidates.
- Bahamut 10y ago
  I hate them and I have had to make the call to hire/not hire - what is that supposed to say? The side of hiring I find interesting is more on the behavioral side - many employers don't find enough ways to screen candidates on those grounds, and it is interesting the ways you find candidates filtering themselves out there if you ask the right questions.
- flukus 10y ago
  Can't we hate them and also hate the fact that they are necessary?
  - sotojuan 10y ago
    Yes, that's what I do!
- todd8 10y ago
  Yes, my interviewing generally scaled up in difficulty as the interview progressed. I don't like the idea of putting so much stress on nice people, but it's shocking how many people interview for system's level programming jobs with clearly made up resumes. One young person showed up with a resume listing about 10 programming languages. I simply went through the 10 and asked her how to write a comment for each language. We didn't have to go far before she admitted that she really only knew Pascal very well. To be fair, there were a lot of people that would have made good employees be didn't happen to quite fit the job we were trying to fill at the moment. The matching process often involved a significant degree of luck and I sure that I missed out on many people I should have hired.

by xeniak 10y ago

sotojuan 10y ago

A lot of the people that hate on programming interviews haven't had to interview candidates. Don't get me wrong, interviews are still annoying and sorta broken but your perspective really changes when you're the one filtering candidates.

Bahamut 10y ago
I hate them and I have had to make the call to hire/not hire - what is that supposed to say? The side of hiring I find interesting is more on the behavioral side - many employers don't find enough ways to screen candidates on those grounds, and it is interesting the ways you find candidates filtering themselves out there if you ask the right questions.
flukus 10y ago
Can't we hate them and also hate the fact that they are necessary?
- sotojuan 10y ago
  Yes, that's what I do!
todd8 10y ago
Yes, my interviewing generally scaled up in difficulty as the interview progressed. I don't like the idea of putting so much stress on nice people, but it's shocking how many people interview for system's level programming jobs with clearly made up resumes. One young person showed up with a resume listing about 10 programming languages. I simply went through the 10 and asked her how to write a comment for each language. We didn't have to go far before she admitted that she really only knew Pascal very well. To be fair, there were a lot of people that would have made good employees be didn't happen to quite fit the job we were trying to fill at the moment. The matching process often involved a significant degree of luck and I sure that I missed out on many people I should have hired.