The actual quote this is based on roughly said 99% of applicants, which is hardly the same as 99% of programmers. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/why-

The actual quote this is based on roughly said 99% of applicants, which is hardly the same as 99% of programmers. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/why-cant-programmers-program.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/why-cant-programmer... My own opinion is that if the ratio is this bad by the time they get to the interview, you may not be pre-screening well enough.