That makes little sense to me, if the point was to use the applicants ability lean how to use a new technology as a screening filter then I don't see how using irc fits that requirement.
Although I'm opposed to the idea of using irc as a screen, since I know that there are people who don't use it but are technical, I'm not suggesting that most technical people don't know what irc is. Just that it's kind of useless to use a known technology to test the ability to learn new technology, especially amongst developers.
That makes little sense to me, if the point was to use the applicants ability lean how to use a new technology as a screening filter then I don't see how using irc fits that requirement.
Although I'm opposed to the idea of using irc as a screen, since I know that there are people who don't use it but are technical, I'm not suggesting that most technical people don't know what irc is. Just that it's kind of useless to use a known technology to test the ability to learn new technology, especially amongst developers.