Ask HN: Why do so many software developers fail the FizzBuzz test?
I've been in the interview loop for my company for just over a year now, and one of the most surprising experiences so far has been the high proportion of developers who fail the most basic programming questions.
We use FizzBuzz as one of our easy challenges and I would say that around 80% to 85% of interviewees simply cannot solve this. It's bizarre. Some even refuse to answer and try to turn their lack of ability around onto us for asking the question, as if we're the ones doing something wrong.
What could be causing this? Is this a generation of AI-reliant copy-and-paste code-jockeys who've never developed the ability to think? Is our hiring process perhaps not screening sufficiently for incompetent bullshitters?
These are candidates who come to us with a solid employment history, often having worked for big name tech giants. But they can't figure out this most basic coding puzzle. What's going on? Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon?
We use FizzBuzz as one of our easy challenges and I would say that around 80% to 85% of interviewees simply cannot solve this. It's bizarre. Some even refuse to answer and try to turn their lack of ability around onto us for asking the question, as if we're the ones doing something wrong.
What could be causing this? Is this a generation of AI-reliant copy-and-paste code-jockeys who've never developed the ability to think? Is our hiring process perhaps not screening sufficiently for incompetent bullshitters?
These are candidates who come to us with a solid employment history, often having worked for big name tech giants. But they can't figure out this most basic coding puzzle. What's going on? Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon?