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>>> Or maybe try to do it in a quirky way Fantastic - you have just shown an ability to play with code, indicating you are likely to be good at the basic part

>>> Or maybe try to do it in a quirky way Fantastic - you have just shown an ability to play with code, indicating you are likely to be good at the basic part of the job. Honestly "fizzbuzz" is short hand for "eliminate the set of people who apply for every coding job, but have no ability to code, or can only just take existing code and twist it about" (this last I used to think was laziness, but I think there is an ability to execute code in your head that is necessary - and if you can't do that then making any changes to a code base is scary because you cannot reason about it.) Do I use fizzbuzz anymore? No because it has been years since I have had to go "out to market" - but if I am interviewing you then I will have checked you pass this - reading your code, talking to co workers. I don't go in cold very often any more.

ionwake 6y ago
But you are also eliminating those that "feel" its a question that should not be asked to experienced developers that would otherwise be excellent hires. I seem not to be the only one. (im not saying Im right in this)
- ProZsolt 6y ago
  Till you found somebody with 10+ years of "experience" who can sell himself well. We skip this question because of seniority. Hire him and turns out he struggles with basic for loop. This happened at my previous company.
  - raverbashing 6y ago
    Then your interview process needs to be reviewed. You can filter people who can't make fore loops works without resorting to fizzbuzz
- lifeisstillgood 6y ago
  I suppose it would eliminate those that would walk out of an interview if asked to do fizzbuzz. I guess if someone genuinely objects to the "easy" question we can jump into some harder technical areas but I would definitely see it as a red flag. Will they refuse to manually fix up the test data because it is "beneath" them? Will they think that getting the HTML to float right on that screen is for juniors only? At some point meet the interviewer halfway.
  - MauranKilom 6y ago
    Makes me want to write a crazy arcane C++ fizzbuzz answer in the style of [0]... [0]: https://aphyr.com/posts/340-acing-the-technical-interview https://aphyr.com/posts/340-acing-the-technical-interview

ionwake 6y ago

But you are also eliminating those that "feel" its a question that should not be asked to experienced developers that would otherwise be excellent hires. I seem not to be the only one. (im not saying Im right in this)

ProZsolt 6y ago
Till you found somebody with 10+ years of "experience" who can sell himself well. We skip this question because of seniority. Hire him and turns out he struggles with basic for loop. This happened at my previous company.
- raverbashing 6y ago
  Then your interview process needs to be reviewed. You can filter people who can't make fore loops works without resorting to fizzbuzz
lifeisstillgood 6y ago
I suppose it would eliminate those that would walk out of an interview if asked to do fizzbuzz. I guess if someone genuinely objects to the "easy" question we can jump into some harder technical areas but I would definitely see it as a red flag. Will they refuse to manually fix up the test data because it is "beneath" them? Will they think that getting the HTML to float right on that screen is for juniors only? At some point meet the interviewer halfway.
- MauranKilom 6y ago
  Makes me want to write a crazy arcane C++ fizzbuzz answer in the style of [0]... [0]: https://aphyr.com/posts/340-acing-the-technical-interview https://aphyr.com/posts/340-acing-the-technical-interview