On 4 Sep 2012, at 13:26, Mr I <cub4u...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If the candidate doesn't ask "what happens when n is less than 2", he >> may be a passable maintenance programmer but he's not someone I'd hire >> to have any sort of responsibility. >> > > Again your assumptions are on knowing about the fibonacci sequence. So a > candidate that does not know the fibonacci sequence but identifies a > possible flaw in the question can only be a maintenance programmer?
Disagree. His assumptions based on being able to figure out that that iterative relationship needs a start point. It's impossible to implement without it.