[seagaia]

How is it possible that 99% of programmers fail this? What qualifies as a programmer? (Where is that statistic even from...) Does that mean someone with a CS degree? Are the failures stemming from not knowing the general concept, or is it just lack of familiarity with any language (I suppose both are quite horrifying)

[wgj]

The actual quote this is based on roughly said 99% of applicants, which is hardly the same as 99% of programmers.

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/why-cant-programmer...

My own opinion is that if the ratio is this bad by the time they get to the interview, you may not be pre-screening well enough.

[rmc]

It's probably 99% of job applicants. Remember a bad programmer will go to more job interviews than a good programmer, because the bad programmer probably won't get a job. So the success rate of job applicants is not the same as the percentage for all programmers.

[kls]

I do not know Ruby and I was able to complete the test in under 10 minutes. familiarity with the language should not be an issue with a problem this simple.