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For every developer that complains about a coding “quiz”, there are a dozen more candidates that have been weeded out by them. You’d be surprised by the number

For every developer that complains about a coding “quiz”, there are a dozen more candidates that have been weeded out by them. You’d be surprised by the number of candidates who say they are “senior software engineer” or “10 years experience as a lead developer” who still can’t do FizzBuzz. Or the ones who can do it but takes them 100 lines of code. I’ve also turned away candidates who didn’t want to do a simple coding test, but still wanted to work with us. Entitled people are just as damaging to a company as incompetent ones.

chamilto 8y ago
> You’d be surprised by the number of candidates who say they are “senior software engineer” or “10 years experience as a lead developer” who still can’t do FizzBuzz. Or the ones who can do it but takes them 100 lines of code. I see comments similar to this one all the time. Are folks literally referring to the 'FizzBuzz' problem, or is that just an alias for a problem they subjectively find easy?
protocontrol 8y ago
The problem I see with FizzBuzz is if you knew the problem, it would be super easy to remember. Otherwise, with the time pressure, anyone could fail just as Federer could fail a simple shot. You need a whole game to prove he's Federer, you follow me?