When interviewing, don't test for specialized knowledge or skills that can be easily acquired. Best way to filter out good candidates.
Test for broad abilities & experience. For the faculty to understand & solve a problem. For skills & ways of thinking that take years to acquire
Test for broad abilities & experience. For the faculty to understand & solve a problem. For skills & ways of thinking that take years to acquire
If the answer can be googled, or learned in one week on the job, then it's a bad interview question. You'll train your people, so hire for that which you can't train. No shibboleths.
I always ask the same questions (makes it easy to compare candidates), and they're very straightforward. No particular knowledge needed -- just the ability to program. No tricks.
