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I think Cletus gave a good answer to why these questions are used in interviews in this post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5264510 http://news.ycombinato
by johnmw 14y ago
I think Cletus gave a good answer to why these questions are used in interviews in this post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5264510 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5264510
In short, if you can't write a simple FizzBuzz program, then you are probably not a good developer. Questions like these are good for being a quick way to separate programmers from those who cannot program at all.
But I agree - as someone who sucks at puzzles under pressure, questions like 'what's next after 111221?' seems like a totally retarded question to me.
- mattgreenrocks 14y agoFizzBuzz is a legitimate litmus test for a candidate. It probably becomes a bit gauche once you get a bit of experience, however. In that case, I'd expect some sort of domain-specific technical question with some hand-holding to get the candidate talking. The idea is to coax the candidate into the problem.