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There are a lot of different schools of thought on administering programming tests to new hires. On one hand, you’re hiring them to program, so it might be nice to see if they can actually do it. On the other hand, given the time constraints of most interviews , it’s nearly impossible to give them a meaningful test.
From that conflict grows tests like FizzBuzz. Greg Q’s company uses the old “reverse a string” method. Neither of these is a good test of an experienced programmer, but it’s a quick way to weed out the worst incompetents.
Like, for example, this applicant for a Senior Developer position:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string a = "A";
string b = "B";
string c = "C";
string d = "D";
string f = "E";
MessageBox.Show(a + ", " + b + ", " + c + ", " + d + ", " + f + ", \n"
+ f + ", " + d + ", " + c + ", " + b + ", " + a);
}
}
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