But if you're not evaluating the ones who fail, then what's the point of it? you're just grading for style points?

What I take away from your article is that being able to solve a FizzBuzz-style problem isn't correlated with being able to do a more intensive programming task later, which surprised me. What I take away from your comments here is that among people who were able to solve a FizzBuzz-style problem, some variety of style point scoring isn't correlated with being able to do a more intensive programming task, which... okay, that's totally plausible, and much less surprising/interesting.

I just can't imagine any hiring process in which someone could fail fizzbuzz (or something of that level of difficulty) and still be considered a good fit for any sort of programming job. Failing fizzbuzz means someone can't program professionally, but passing it doesn't mean anything other than meeting the lowest possible standard. Likewise for anything of that same level of difficulty.