5 Questions for programmers applying for jobs

Jeff Attwood posted 5 Questions for programmers applying for jobs:

In an effort to make life simpler for phone screeners, I've put together this list of Five Essential Questions that you need to ask during an SDE screen. They won't guarantee that your candidate will be great, but they will help eliminate a huge number of candidates who are slipping through our process today.

1) Coding The candidate has to write some simple code, with correct syntax, in C, C++, or Java.

2) OO design The candidate has to define basic OO concepts, and come up with classes to model a simple problem.

3) Scripting and regexes The candidate has to describe how to find the phone numbers in 50,000 HTML pages.

4) Data structures The candidate has to demonstrate basic knowledge of the most common data structures.

5) Bits and bytes The candidate has to answer simple questions about bits, bytes, and binary numbers.

Please understand: what I'm looking for here is a total vacuum in one of these areas. It's OK if they struggle a little and then figure it out. It's OK if they need some minor hints or prompting. I don't mind if they're rusty or slow. What you're looking for is candidates who are utterly clueless, or horribly confused, about the area in question.

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