[crispyambulance]

I think some folks get hung up on the idea that the answer to one question can be used as a go/no-go for a hire decision.

Its never that simple, there's a lot more to consider, and the vast majority of candidates will bomb a technical question or two eventually.

For those of you that are job hunting right now... don't get bent out of shape, there are plenty of employers that won't hinge their acceptance on one technical brain-teaser.

[bbarn]

Boom. I do ask at least one code it on a white board question usually, and what I don't do is sit back twiddling my fingers and think to myself, he/she gets this or else. I actually don't mind at all when a candidate doesn't know it and asks me for help - provided they've made some good faith effort. That's why we have so many other questions and conversations. By the time I get to the whiteboard stuff, I'm looking for someone to want to engage with me, not an attempt to stump them.