It's amazing how many junior developers fall flat on that, and I've even had candidates claiming several years of experience to unable to make a for loop with a

It's amazing how many junior developers fall flat on that, and I've even had candidates claiming several years of experience to unable to make a for loop with an if statement. And I honestly don't think we lose any good candidates to it. I don't ask FizzBuzz because many expect it, but I ask equivalently simple questions. I have the following criteria for an interview code question 1. Have an obvious KISS implementation. 2. Ability to modify requirement so the KISS no longer works. I expect 2. to enable us to gauge their thinking. I don't expect a working solution to it, but they should be able to identify why it does not work anymore and outline ideas to solve it. This part is a conversation where we can lead them if they are not good at controlling the conversation.