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Re:Fifty Fizzbuzzes by emmelaich on Thursday November 01, 2018 @08:02PM (#18359604)
I didn't know that fizzbuzz was a children's game.

That explains a LOT. As in most descriptions of it are annoyingly ambiguous.

Whereas if you knew the game, you know it already.

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Re:Fifty Fizzbuzzes by thrmsforbfast on Thursday November 01, 2018 @08:15PM (#18359686)
> As in most descriptions of it are annoyingly ambiguous.

My very first interviewer (intentionally) didn't spec fizzbuzz correctly. The real test was whether the candidate listened to the customer's/lead engineer's spec instead of jumping to conclusions.

Fortunately, I was just entering college and hadn't heard of fizzbuzz before. I passed the "test" but for the wrong reason.

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Re:Fifty Fizzbuzzes by segh on Thursday November 01, 2018 @09:15PM (#18359974)
Being purposely misleading then penalising those who are misled doesn't seem like a good hiring strategy, but then again, I've never tried to hire someone.
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