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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by inglor_cz on Monday March 20, 2023 @07:19PM (#35240265)
"Weeds out people who didn't memorize an answer to a well known test."

For the love of god, please Google what fizzbuzz is.

People who need to memorize a solution to that have no business coding.

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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by simplotek on Monday March 20, 2023 @07:43PM (#35240512)
> For the love of god, please Google what fizzbuzz is.

Yes, please do google what fizzbuzz is. You'll eventually stumble upon resources on how to memorize fizzbuzz, which is such a Hallmark of the test that it's even explicitly mentioned in the C2 wiki on fizzbuzz.

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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by harvey9 on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @03:48AM (#35243496)
The test can't tell if you can think through a problem or just googled technical interview common questions and memorized some answers: Crammers can pass as easily as problem solvers can.
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