Nice article, The litmus test I have always used (with a varying degree of success), is enthusiasm. How keen are they on programming? Do they read coding blogs

Nice article, The litmus test I have always used (with a varying degree of success), is enthusiasm. How keen are they on programming? Do they read coding blogs in their spare time? Are they involved in any open source projects or any coding projects outside of work? To me, all of these things scream "This is not just a job, I actually love to code"