On 6 Sep 2012, at 22:07, Paul Makepeace <pa...@paulm.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Uri Guttman <u...@stemsystems.com> wrote: >> maybe i overstepped in calling that a serious coder filter. i would never >> just use that determining a skilled coder. it could be useful to filter out >> the total losers. i speak to hiring managers all the time and they give out >> similar tests just to filter out the losers. > > There seems to be some evidence that even trivial problems are a good > way of filtering, > > http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2010/02/the-nonprogramming-programmer.html > (and neighboring posts) > > is an interesting & entertaining (& slightly disturbing) read. > > I can't imagine scheduling an in-person interview without a phone > screen and ideally a github link beforehand.
I like the FizzBuzz test. Not far removed from what I was hit with today.
