Comment on Solving FizzBuzz with C++ compiler error messagesComments−ptolts14yJust had a case of Baader-Meinhof. I did an interview last week and I was asked to do the FizzBuzz test in PHP. I'd never heard of it, thought it was a cool question though. Glad to see I produced the text book answer though!−waterlesscloud14yYou were a German left-wing terrorist?−matthewowen14yhttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Baader-Meinho...−eru14yFizzBuzz is not so much cool, but a small test to filter out people who can't program at all. (So it's actually sad.)−eps14yHow is it "a cool question" by any metric? It's a mock question.
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Just had a case of Baader-Meinhof. I did an interview last week and I was asked to do the FizzBuzz test in PHP. I'd never heard of it, thought it was a cool question though. Glad to see I produced the text book answer though!
You were a German left-wing terrorist?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Baader-Meinho...
FizzBuzz is not so much cool, but a small test to filter out people who can't program at all. (So it's actually sad.)
How is it "a cool question" by any metric? It's a mock question.