I have seen #1 many times (in non-interview settings). - It's definitely possible to hold a tech job for 12-18 months without writing any working code and chan

I have seen #1 many times (in non-interview settings). - It's definitely possible to hold a tech job for 12-18 months without writing any working code and changing jobs that often isn't that big of a red flag. Also, people lie about their experience. - The pool of people applying for a job has a very low intersection with the pool of people currently working at a job. In that intersection there is a very high subset of people who believe they may lose their job soon. Therefore the people applying to a job is largely people who either are not currently working, or will shortly be out of work. See also[1] 1: http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/03/thank-you-for-writing-such-heartfelt.html http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/03/thank-you-for-writing-su...