[arethuza]

Wouldn't you expect someone who had never seen or heard of RSS before to be able to do a bit of research, find out what it is and work out how to parse and give an account of the steps they took?

A good candidate who had never seen RSS before might be better at that than someone who has spent their entire career processing RSS and never thinking about the details.

[lucasnemeth]

I think you are right, but then, you would not dismiss him based on time.