Can the person program at all. Do they consider the performance of possible solutions. * Are they good at explaining their thought process. * Do they consider

Can the person program at all. Do they consider the performance of possible solutions. * Are they good at explaining their thought process. * Do they consider edge cases? * Do they write tests?* That's what you'd like to think it's testing for. In reality, it's testing for: "Here's a hoop - would you like to jump through it for me please? BTW not only will stumbling or even hesitating pretty much disqualify you - we love to dish after hours about those who fail to make the cut."