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The point of FizzBuzz is to see if the person understands the basic concepts of a loop and "if" tests. You're supposed to give them the modulo operator to ensur
by phaemon 6y ago
The point of FizzBuzz is to see if the person understands the basic concepts of a loop and "if" tests. You're supposed to give them the modulo operator to ensure you're testing the right thing.
- fr2null 6y agoI don't agree. I think a module operator is common enough that it should be known, and even if they don't know it, they should be able to quickly make a module function. (Something like a while loop that decreases value a with value b while a>b and returns a)
- phaemon 6y agoYou say you don't agree, but you don't disagree either. Perhaps you should know a modulo operator but that's still not what FizzBuzz is for. It's to see if the candidate has the most basic concepts of loops and tests. Adding knowledge of a relatively obscure operator (can't remember the last time I needed it in real life) just makes it a trivia test.
- Supermancho 6y agoAsking a candidate to describe 2 different ways to do modulo is an excellent interview question, imo.