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Hate to be another "me too". But I also looked at the test and it was pretty obvious that (a) it's going to take more than 5 minutes and (b) it's not really cle
by arctangent 15y ago
Hate to be another "me too". But I also looked at the test and it was pretty obvious that (a) it's going to take more than 5 minutes and (b) it's not really clear how I demonstrate my knowledge to the potential employer.
Vague requirements like "add support for our new data format" mean nothing to me in this context. Am I supposed to add error checking? Should I automatically detect which format is used? I have no idea how much effort is expected, and so I'm not even going to try because some less talented person may have had more time to work on it than me.
The great thing about FizzBuzz is that it's the kind of thing a decent programmer can knock out in a minute or two (so they're not wasting too much time when they speculatively apply) and yet it's just sufficiently difficult that people who can't program at all are easy to screen out.
- citricsquid 15y agothe "new data format" is just them checking if you a) recognise data formats when not labeled or b) are capable of identifying data you don't know. The data format they link to is json; the "puzzle" is identifying it, adding support is trivial.
- arctangent 15y agoI think you've missed my point. How much "support" am I supposed to add?