I think fizzbuzz is an interviewing artifact. I've never worked with someone who couldn't write a fizzbuzz. But I've heard lots of stories of people interviewin

I think fizzbuzz is an interviewing artifact. I've never worked with someone who couldn't write a fizzbuzz. But I've heard lots of stories of people interviewing them. I think the reason is the number of times a developer interviews is reciprocal of his talent. Great developers don't have to interview often. Anyone who has worked with them will vouch for them and they pass most of their coding interviews. Really shitty developers have to interview 100 times before they get a job. So you interview 100x more shitty developers than great ones. * This description is to illustrate a point. I know there are plenty of great developers who interview terribly and shitty ones who interview well, but on average good developers interview better than bad ones.