[jwwest]

The best interview I ever had, I was given a problem to solve with a system, a whiteboard and 20 minutes.

I sketched out a quick ERD, and explained the high level architecture of the system. No code was written -- it was assumed that I could implement said system if I could design it.

The worst job interview grilled me on low level algorithms (I'm not a CS grad) and wanted me to sketch out a quick sort. Of course, I can describe a quick sort now as a result of said interview, but since it was all C# I doubt we were going to have to implement our own sort algorithms.

Another terrible interviewer asked me about projects I did in college. I finished grad school 3 years ago, and have 8 years professional experience...

[rdtsc]

Exactly. Same here.

Now I give interviews, and I do the former not the later. Make sure you do the same if you get to interview others.

This puzzle and brainteaser shit needs to stop.

[mmorett]

A. Friggin. Men. I just wish they'd make it easier for us to weed ourselves out. Just come straight out and ask for CS grads only. None of that "or equivalent experience" nonsense. I also don't have a CS degree. I have the bastard stepchild degree (CIS). :-)

Just ask for CS ONLY and we can easily avoid you and make this easier on all of us.