I'm not saying they should, I'm just curious about the outcome of this round of interviews. I've interviewed many a "web designer" that were obviously not qual

I'm not saying they should, I'm just curious about the outcome of this round of interviews. I've interviewed many a "web designer" that were obviously not qualified on the level they claim. Just asking how to make text flow around an image is a simple gotcha that someone who claims to hand code HTML should know. If you're just a designer then that's fine, but don't say you can hand code HTML and not know what a float is or even have creative solution that doesn't involve a float. I've met many who couldn't come up with a reasonable answer. But it's not an immediate "sorry, you should go now" moment for me when they cannot do so. I also look into how they answer and how they handle being told they were wrong. Something like FizzBuzz is a useful tool but I see too many give it too much weight without considering other variables involved in giving the test. Each interviewer has their own style but having a heavy hand on one or two aspects of the interview means you may be passing up a good hire. If I had followed the "rules" that I've seen many advocate then one of the best hires I had ever seen wouldn't have walked through the door and even then he would have been told to walk right back out. Turned out he was an excellent hire that learned quickly and was excited about his work. That young man just recently started his own development company, granted its just him for now but he's got the work and chops to support it. Makes me wonder if I were a FizzBuzz or nothing kind of interviewer how things might have been different. To be honest I have no idea if he could have coded FizzBuzz, I didn't ask. But I also understand if you are going through dozens or hundreds of resumes then you have to do something. Just don't be the "I don't hire unlucky people" guy that throws away half the resumes when starting. Too many FizzBuzz advocates get dangerously close to that kind of attitude.