I believe FizzBuzz was first brought to attention by Jeff Atwood in his Coding Horror blog http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/fizzbuzz-the-programmers-sta

I believe FizzBuzz was first brought to attention by Jeff Atwood in his Coding Horror blog http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/fizzbuzz-the-programmers-stairway-to-heaven.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/fizzbuzz-the-progra.... When interviewing, we'll generally ask questions about data structures and class design (design a card game), very basic looping and guards (do FizzBuzz), iterative vs. recursive programming (implement Fibonacci using both), and sometimes we will throw some discrete math problems in there too. These questions, coupled with making a strong effort to really get to know the candidate (is this someone you want to spend a lot of time with?) can really help for effective hiring.