I took a rudimentary look at the links and have some comments. 1) I can program but often even for the most rudimentary tasks I need to use a manual. 2) One of the first programming aptitude tests (do programming aptitude tests still exist?) I took introduced a series of very simple instructions and asked you to achieve a result. This was a good test I think. 3) Many, many years ago I applied for a COBOL programming job and I was asked how you worked with a file with variable length records. I knew some COBOL at the time, but had never used variable length records. But I had read the manual and knew the theory.
So I don't know how much use a test like writing a FizzBuzz program over the phone is. I doubt i could do it. P.S, John Carter: Did you ever work for the NZPO?
