>2. One of the aims is to have the candidate as calm as possible. Seeing that 90% of people can't write a C program that reverses a linked list makes me nervous

>2. One of the aims is to have the candidate as calm as possible. Seeing that 90% of people can't write a C program that reverses a linked list makes me nervous about the strictness of the test. really? that's about what I'd expect. Consider that the incompetent are over-represented amongst the job hunters, and it doesn't surprise me one bit that 90% of the candidates can't reverse a linked list in C. Also, nearly all programmers are at least a little bit arrogant about their ability. I think a hard programming test, even a actual hard programming test, would scare fewer candidates than an actual face to face interview.