It's because lying on a Resume is extremely easy. I do interviews for a large software company about once a week. The relationship between what a candidate says

It's because lying on a Resume is extremely easy. I do interviews for a large software company about once a week. The relationship between what a candidate says they did and actually doing simple programming problems is non-existent. My C++ interview is pretty easy. No whiteboarding, just a conversation. I want to know for example if this candidate uses templates judiciously or if they are a maniac. Either is fine btw, I’d just like to know. But more times than you’d perhaps think, the candidate has admitted that they don’t know C++ at all, and then the really awkward questions come, such as why did they write it down, then apply for this job, then show up for the interview...