Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts
by ajmurmann on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @01:22AM
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I have big issues with impractical interview questions that favor interview prep over actually practical skills. That said, anyone who can program should be able to implement fizz buzz in 10-15 minutes given a description of the problem even if they had never heard of it.
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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts
by inconceivable on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @03:44AM
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hmm interesting... i haven't done a technical interview in 15 years so i just tried fizzbuzz (leetcode was the first thing that popped up on google)... took me about 15 minutes. i was caught a bit off guard, there are a couple of little subtle gotchas that require some actual thought. i'd say it's a pretty good test without requiring knowledge of data structures or CS level algorithms.
that said i would only want to do it on a terminal, not on a whiteboard. i'd probably fuck that up somehow.