Can you expand on the guy who faked his technical capabilities?<p>Way back, I was part of a 4-person team that did some phone interviews of contractors.  We asked some pretty basic questions, based on their resumes, and after the call voted on him&#x2F;her.  One of my questions to see if they knew anything about C++ was just to ask if they could tell me what a class was.  A bunch of candidates couldn&#x27;t answer that question.<p>It really isn&#x27;t that hard to ask some basic questions and talk about work experience, to get a handle on whether someone is actually a competent programmer or not.  If you&#x27;re looking for top-tier talent, this might not be sufficient, but most jobs do not need top-tier talent anyway.