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I'm mainly talking about junior developer interviews here. Although IMHO, administering FizzBuzz to senior applicants isn't a bad idea, either. You'd be surpris
by tboyd47 9y ago
I'm mainly talking about junior developer interviews here. Although IMHO, administering FizzBuzz to senior applicants isn't a bad idea, either. You'd be surprised just how far a person can get into computer science without being able to code.
- astrodust 9y agoIt's a terrible idea. Focus on questions which give you meaningful data. For juniors work on ascertaining their motivations and how they think. For seniors dig into their experience and what they're looking for in a role. Unless solving FizzBuzz on a whiteboard is what your company does on a daily basis it gives you nothing but junk data. Sometimes people need a moment or two to shift into "coding mode", and others might not be comfortable doing it without a particular editor or reference handy. There's many ways to produce good results, not all of which are whiteboard friendly.