[arscan]

>> In this case, the person renting the car would be "interviewing" the car rental company to determine if their service is worth their money.

It goes both ways... the rental car agency interviews the person to make sure she is trustworthy of driving the car. The author is asking you to think about the relationship a little more abstractly than simply who is giving money to whom.

Having said, that, I think this is a poor analogy because I don't find it particularly illuminating and the situations just don't seem very... analogous.

[bentcorner]

Something like "if interviewing carpenters was like interviewing programmers" would work, with various questions regarding trivia about the Mightyman Bansaw 3000, specific experience using square-faced carbon tipped reverse-threaded screws and comparisons between building red versus white cabinets.

[Jtsummers]

http://www.jasonbock.net/jb/Default.aspx?blog=entry.7c334037...

If Carpenters Were Hired Like Programmers