[eldenbishop]

Sigh. I tried using fizz buzz as an interview question for awhile and never got a single applicant who could solve it. Some just had no idea how to do much of anything but it turned out almost no-one had ever even heard of the modulo operator before.

[phaemon]

The point of FizzBuzz is to see if the person understands the basic concepts of a loop and "if" tests. You're supposed to give them the modulo operator to ensure you're testing the right thing.

[fr2null]

I don't agree. I think a module operator is common enough that it should be known, and even if they don't know it, they should be able to quickly make a module function. (Something like a while loop that decreases value a with value b while a>b and returns a)

[phaemon]

You say you don't agree, but you don't disagree either. Perhaps you should know a modulo operator but that's still not what FizzBuzz is for. It's to see if the candidate has the most basic concepts of loops and tests.

Adding knowledge of a relatively obscure operator (can't remember the last time I needed it in real life) just makes it a trivia test.

[Supermancho]

Asking a candidate to describe 2 different ways to do modulo is an excellent interview question, imo.