No, it's not.

I was interviewing for a position in India; I just use such basic tests as a filter, so I can quickly weed out the wrong kind of candidate. See my other comment here for more: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13327100

What you missed: You aren't interviewing for developer positions.

Is it different? I mean the fizz buzz I've seen only requires the use of conditional statements and a understanding of mathematical operators. What kind of programming job would leave you unfamiliar with those?

I'm saying if you're in IT, you can do fizzbuzz, and you want a development job but don't have one — then this all adds up to mean you haven't been applying for development jobs.

Ahh my mistake then. I have been applying but maybe not as much as I should have. I'll send out some more.

Send out more and fight with confidence to make them hire you. You're in the IT ghetto right now don't let their prejudices keep you there- you're every bit as smart and capable as anyone who happened to start on the developer track.

Fizz buzz is a trivial exercise; if someone that claims to have worked as a software developer can't do fizz buzz, something doesn't add up. How was she able to do her work without understanding basic things?