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The number of people who find fizzbuzz hard makes me wonder if there's something that I find straightforward to understand in it that's actually harder than it
by onion2k 4y ago
The number of people who find fizzbuzz hard makes me wonder if there's something that I find straightforward to understand in it that's actually harder than it appears, which makes me avoid it as an interview question. I want to find good devs, not good Fizzbuzz authors.
- atemerev 4y agoYes. Fizzbuzz is redundant, perhaps by design. If you start thinking to optimize the redundancy away, like “why do I need to divide by 15, if I am already dividing by 3 and 5”, you spend some precious 30 seconds thinking, and look exactly like an idiot who doesn’t know how to program at all.
- danparsonson 4y agoThe secret there is to vocalise your thought process. Interview puzzles are as much about assessing the candidate's critical thinking skills as they are a filter for programming knowledge.