These type of questions belong in the "Weekly Puzzler" part of the Car Talk radio show. Honestly, what's the deal with them? Do you have an urge to somehow fee

These type of questions belong in the "Weekly Puzzler" part of the Car Talk radio show. Honestly, what's the deal with them? Do you have an urge to somehow feel smarter than the person you are interviewing? Why don't you instead do the following: Sit the programmer down and show him your source code. If he can make any sense out of your spaghetti, then hire him/her. That's all you are looking for, right? Someone who can understand what it is you are doing so he/she canhelp you to do it faster. No other industry has to deal with this nonsense. Imagine if auto mechanics had to guess how many miles does the average Formula One engine piston travel in a scheduled race. We would be riding around in bycicles because no mechanic would take that.