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FizzBuzz isn't a programming challenge for interviews anymore, that was like ten years ago. Now its more like a data structures and algorithms exam.
by burnished 5y ago
FizzBuzz isn't a programming challenge for interviews anymore, that was like ten years ago. Now its more like a data structures and algorithms exam.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoDid the observation that "hey, a lot of our applicants can't even do anything" become less true?
- burnished 5y agoHell if I know, if I'm going to be frank I responded more from stress and wishing FizzBuzz was still a common test than anything.
- Apocryphon 5y agoIf it's still true, then why do the tests get harder and harder?
- dbt00 5y agoFizzBuzz was never a programming challenge, it was just a very quick filter before getting to real challenges. Real tech interviews have always been about understanding and applying data structures and algorithms, with some emphasis on problem solving with those tools. A really long time ago, there used to be questions that were more like "do you know some very common C/hacker idioms", like write a one line strlen or reverse a linked list in place. I used to get asked stuff like that in the late 90s. (There were also the brainteaser style things, like how many golf balls fit in a 747, but those were often for non-programming roles where people were looking for your ability to problem solve in a vacuum with little information. Those were rarely aimed at engineers, but at engineer adjacent non-technical roles.)