Two things: 1. He noted that this wasn't in an engineering field (which I would presume to include programming :) ). 2. A technical interview is hardly a pana

Two things: 1. He noted that this wasn't in an engineering field (which I would presume to include programming :) ). 2. A technical interview is hardly a panacea against bad hiring decisions. It's just the least crappy way to hire people that anyone's found (that I know of).