[matwood]

Great post. Reminds of a recent interview I had. After we discussed my resume and a myriad of topics on tech, software, time management, and people the interviewer gave me a programming problem to solve in order to get a second interview. I asked about gotcha questions or if I was going to need to code with someone staring over my shoulder and he said that none of his employees would ever code that way while working there so what would that test?

It makes complete sense. So what if someone can answer how many ping pong balls are in a school bus, if they can't produce or get along with the team they will not be a good hire (unless of course the job is figuring out how many ping pong balls are in a school bus).