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I once got asked FizzBuzz in a take-home interview, and the tool they were using flagged me for completing it very quickly and with an answer the tool had seen before.

Fortunately they gave me the opportunity to explain that it was a well-known interview question dating back to 2007 (with that blog post as evidence), and that I had previously asked this question in interviews, so I basically had the answer memorized. (I think the fact that I had correct, unique answers for the other questions helped me also.)



This post is absolutely perfect in summing up the state of Software Engineering hiring.


Don’t practice obscure arbitrary brain teasers? No job for you. Too good at the brain teasers? No job for you.




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