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What do you learn from giving them FizzBuzz and watching them fail?

• vippy 5y ago
• TameAntelope 5y ago
  The obvious; that I should not hire them for a given senior development position. It’s remarkable to me how many people do fail. I get that there’s pressure, but a huge part of being a senior dev is overcoming that to lead.
  • dgb23 5y ago
    Do you literally mean FizzBuzz or is that a stand-in for tricky leetcode puzzles? The latter seems to be a thing that selects for people who like puzzles. I’m in that camp but I don’t think it’s a super important area of interest.
    • TameAntelope 5y ago
      I literally mean FizzBuzz, it’s gobsmacking how these people get as far as they do.
• manigandham 5y ago
  That they're obviously not senior, or even mediocre?