Re:Why I’m still using “Fizz Buzz” to hire Software-Developers
by tboyd47 on Friday February 23, 2018 @02:28PM
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I'm mainly talking about junior developer interviews here. Although IMHO, administering FizzBuzz to senior applicants isn't a bad idea, either. You'd be surprised just how far a person can get into computer science without being able to code.
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Re:Why I’m still using “Fizz Buzz” to hire Software-Developers
by astrodust on Friday February 23, 2018 @06:39PM
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It's a terrible idea. Focus on questions which give you meaningful data. For juniors work on ascertaining their motivations and how they think. For seniors dig into their experience and what they're looking for in a role.
Unless solving FizzBuzz on a whiteboard is what your company does on a daily basis it gives you nothing but junk data.
Sometimes people need a moment or two to shift into "coding mode", and others might not be comfortable doing it without a particular editor or reference handy. There's many ways to produce good results, not all of which are whiteboard friendly.