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Re:Hiring without whiteboards by adrianratnapala on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @02:07PM (#13878345)
That was a warm up question?

Had they not heard of Fizzbuzz? Or reversing a string?

Re:Hiring without whiteboards by tezzer on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @02:58PM (#13878755)
I'm a senior engineer with a ton of experience, and it was an interview for a challenging role at a major; I've come to expect that sort of thing on warm-up. It's a bozo filter before the real questions, and I should have been able to do it in my sleep.
Re:Hiring without whiteboards by jogjayr on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @02:36PM (#13878574)
I once froze on a warm-up Fizzbuzz. Actually it was even simpler than a Fizzbuzz: print all the elements in a list.

Freezing can happen to anyone on any problem.