[polishdude20]

How do you interview people who are changing industries then? The only way a cook or a librarian can get out of that and into software could very well be side projects and open source contributions. With your heuristics, you'd only consider their cooking experience and say "well that's not software" and pass.

[notsuoh]

Specifically I don't hire entry level people, so that hasn't been an issue. But if I did, I would likely look at projects and such, general aptitude, etc. because that's all there is.