[mcguire]

"The famous fizzbuzz test simply asks 'are you aware of the modulo operator?'"

False.

The fizzbuzz test asks, "Can you algorithmically about a problem? Can you understand variables? Can you program?" And it's the quickest, simplest way to find out.

How do you separate the people who "can do this job" from those who "can talk about doing this job"? There are many more of the latter than you may think.

[Dolimiter]

fizzbuzz is very useful as a pre-interview screening technique. But as the author says, it's 20 minutes of wasted time in an actual interview.