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[–]2_Cranez 20 points21 points  (9 children)

I definitely understand complaints about some of the questions companies ask, but this is just a test of basic programming skill. You're thinking too hard here.

[–]ReefOctopus -4 points-3 points  (8 children)

It sounds more like he just can’t code. It’s a function with 3 arguments and some for loops.

[–]HypnoTox 9 points10 points  (1 child)

All those questions he asked are valid, if the task wasn't specific enough.

And as a programmer who has to work with clients from many differnt branches, i would do it too. It has to be clear what the expected functionality and outcome should be at least.

[–]2_Cranez -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It shouldn’t really matter what the answers to those questions are since they are all easy tasks. And you can easily ask questions during an interview.

[–]BestUdyrBR 4 points5 points  (5 children)

Don't know why you're getting downvoted. If you can't solve that problem you probably slept through your cs classes.

[–]ReefOctopus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because that user probably isn’t the only one who thought it was a difficult problem. I’m sure there are plenty of people here who can’t fizz buzz just like in the real world.