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Is there any engineer who you'd regret not hiring, who is unable to code FizzBuzz in real time in front of an audience? I'm skeptical.
by Will_Parker 8y ago
Is there any engineer who you'd regret not hiring, who is unable to code FizzBuzz in real time in front of an audience? I'm skeptical.
- jonathankoren 8y agoI've seen a respected engineer that I worked with for years, be told by an outsider that he was incompetent because he couldn't fizzbuzz an interview. Yet, they had no problem acquiring the project he designed and wrote. So yeah.
- dvirsky 8y agoWhy couldn't he do fizzbuzz?
- anonytrary 8y ago"Why couldn't he do fizzbuzz with someone else watching his every move while he wrote on a blackboard with no interpreter to test his solution or catch his mistakes?" seems like the better question.
- vultour 8y agoYou're assuming quite a lot here. Was he not able to write flawless code without syntax errors, or did he struggle with the core idea of FizzBuzz?
- readittwice 8y agoYou certainly have a point. But those whiteboard interviews people complain about are usually a bit harder than just solving FizzBuzz.