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Re:U.S. regulators accuse Palantir of bias against Asians by sheeshkebab on Monday September 26, 2016 @11:46PM (#12587312)
^^ - this.

same here - almost 20 years of dev, last time I needed to implement basic cs algorithms were in college and grad school classes (and some idiotic corporate interviews where preferred way of coding is apparently using a white board).

basic knowledge of fizbuzz, dfs, bfs, quicksort, and similar things of course is needed - however asking developers actually implement them in front of you is pointless, at least as far as job performance goes.

Re:U.S. regulators accuse Palantir of bias against Asians by morgante on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @03:42AM (#12588005)
> basic knowledge of fizbuzz, dfs, bfs, quicksort, and similar things of course is needed

FizzBuzz is not some arcane algorithm. You don't need to study it.

It's literally writing a loop, testing equality, and printing some output. I don't know how you could program professionally and not be able to solve FizzBuzz.

Re:U.S. regulators accuse Palantir of bias against Asians by vidarh on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @02:55PM (#12592043)
People should be able to solve FizzBuzz provided it is explained properly and fully.

This is the same for a lot of the basic algorithms we learnt and forgot.

This, to me is the big caveat. Just as there are a lot of people who are horrible at solving stuff they should easily be able to, I've conversely seen so many horrible interviewers that under-specify the problems they ask about because they assume people should understand algorithms that would make it easier to understand, or just assume people will infer things most people wouldn't.

Re:U.S. regulators accuse Palantir of bias against Asians by nazgob on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @03:16AM (#12587937)
Why do you bundle fizbuzz with some legit algorithms that require some knowledge? Fizzbuzz is a gimmick, deliberately picked as something very simple to filter out clowns. I can't imagine a more simple programming task. Any suggestions? ;)
Re:U.S. regulators accuse Palantir of bias against Asians by AtheistOfFail on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @05:05AM (#12588244)
Simple variable swap?

"Take these two variables, derpyOne and derpyTwo, and swap their values"

Re:U.S. regulators accuse Palantir of bias against Asians by chopin on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @05:10AM (#12588258)
Write "Hello World" in your favorite language...