On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 01:26:46PM +0100, Mr I wrote: > 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?
No, the question needs zero prior knowledge of what the fibonacci sequence it. It is instead testing that the coder can recognise and implement a solution to a problem that is defined in a recursive manner. -- A walk of a thousand miles begins with a single step... then continues for another 1,999,999 or so.