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Because in the past we hired some programmers that were really good at BS-ing during interview and really crappy at programming. So now we make sure we hire pe
by dyingkneepad 7y ago
Because in the past we hired some programmers that were really good at BS-ing during interview and really crappy at programming.
So now we make sure we hire people who know what "a &= b" does in C and what a #define statement achieves.
- tcbasche 7y agoI'm not saying you don't screen them at all with a technical task, but it should be something representative of what your organisation does, rather than some overdone toy problem
- dyingkneepad 7y agoWhen I said 'fizzbuzz-like' I meant a simple program that is representative of what we do in the organization. Fizzbuzz is supposed to be a simple challenge as far as I'm aware. Stuff like flipping bits with & and |, or knowing how to use preprocessor macros (since we abuse macros a lot). Or awareness of function pointers.
- tcbasche 7y agoI guess I missed that fizzbuzz now means things like fizzbuzz, rather than actual challenge