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I've heard from multiple sources that people fail fizzbuzz. I now read multiple posts here saying the same. As a hobbyist programmer with a few free lance proje

I've heard from multiple sources that people fail fizzbuzz. I now read multiple posts here saying the same. As a hobbyist programmer with a few free lance projects under my belt who never worked in "the industry" I find it simply fascinating. My first reaction is that maybe your interview is very stressing or maybe you ask the applicants to write the code on paper and fail them for any typo. I just can't believe anybody, anybody who ever programmed anything failed such tests in reasonable environment. I mean if I couldn't write fizz-buzz I would never get any code to work. I mean I imagine myself failing to implement a dictionary in C having limited time and being under pressure without a bug somewhere but fizz-buzz ? really ? :)

mathattack 13y ago
I've wondered the same. And the answer is a delusional, "I'll figure it out when I get there."
whateverfor 13y ago
These are people who have never (will never?) write any actual working code. Through a combination of lying on their resume/bullshitting interviews/hiding away during the actual job they've managed to get by. They are a small percentage of all "Programmers", but a large percentage of people looking for jobs (because they are more likely to be unemployed, more likely to fail an interview, and their best way to get a job is to try as many interviews as they can get). I'd never be insulted by Fizzbuzz questions, it takes maybe a minute to solve and you can move from there to more interesting questions very easily. If Fizzbuzz is the closest thing to a time waste during the interview process, you're in pretty good shape.