[s73v3r_]

And here I thought having to do FizzBuzz for two different interviewers was onerous.

[haloux]

Onerous? If you think 6-20 lines of code is onerous, you really should reconsider your career choice.

Polygraphs can produce errors that may be used as a wrongful justification for an employer to dismiss your application.

...on the other hand

A fizz buzz application that produces errors _should_ be used as a justification for a potential employer to dismiss you entirely.

[s73v3r_]

It was a joke. Except for the part where I had to do it twice.

[mirceal]

I hope this is a joke

[s73v3r_]

The part where I had to do it twice for two different people isn't.

[maxxxxx]

I think that's pretty obvious.

[monocasa]

I've had people get visibly angry with me that I'd dare suggest that they do fizzbuzz.

[maxxxxx]

I think every time somebody starts with "And here I thought...." it's something humorous.

[paulie_a]

Because it is an incredibly stupid test.

[monocasa]

That senior devs with decades of experience fail.

I've literally seen someone who supposedly wrote firmware for the space shuttle fail fizzbuzz.

[paulie_a]

If the candidate was verifiably a NASA engineer the person half assed it probably just didn't care. I'm surprised that person just didnt respond with a very intricate set of functions that resulted in a middle finger. That's honestly insulting to use that as a test for a senior. Clearly there was no vetting process prior to a coding evaluation and the hiring process needs a lot of work.

[maxxxxx]

You sometimes have to be careful and look if people are overthinking the problem. I have been in interviews where I was desperately looking for an efficient solution for a problem and couldn't find one while the interviewer only wanted to get a simple for loop.