None of that is 'esoteric knowledge' knowledge! When you hire people you need to check for basic competence. I've hired plenty of FEDs and it's a nightmare, l

None of that is 'esoteric knowledge' knowledge! When you hire people you need to check for basic competence. I've hired plenty of FEDs and it's a nightmare, let me tell you! It's not about answering the questions as such; it's about how you answer them and your ability to reason. The lack of basic knowledge is appalling across the board. The industry is full of copy and paste developers with Computing degrees that essentially have zero useful skills. I'm speaking as an Australia BTW. So YMMV :-)