FizzBuzz itself is not more important than actual experience. What happens is in some cases people take it too far. The point of FizzBuzz is a sanity check.

FizzBuzz itself is not more important than actual experience. What happens is in some cases people take it too far. The point of FizzBuzz is a sanity check. It's like asking a dental surgeon "How many teeth do humans have?". If they hesitate before answering you don't want them performing surgery on you. But I guess sometimes people bump the difficulty up step by step until it loses that ability. As in, a really simple dumb question like FizzBuzz is more valuable because if they fail to do it that's a strong signal that you can depend on. Sometimes people get greedy and make it more difficult so it loses its value.