[crispyambulance]

That 10 minute conversation is potentially far more nuanced than a go/no-go fizzbuzz quiz. It's a different thing altogether.

The fact is companies hire people all the time, without using fizzbuzz, probably hiring some number of people that would not have passed fizzbuzz if it were given to them. Were all those people definitely bad hires? I think not. The parent commenter's company had "survived" without it, and many do now.

It's understandable to want to have the ultimate "gotcha" interview question, the response to which screens out a candidate. It's not totally wrong, but there's a lot more to an interview. I think the onus should be on the hiring managers to develop their behavioral interviewing skills so that they're able to evaluate a candidate more fully than by using toy problem quizzes.