I don't think it's a bad interview question, and I think the guy in the article is being a prima donna and missing the entire point of interviewing. Enough peo

I don't think it's a bad interview question, and I think the guy in the article is being a prima donna and missing the entire point of interviewing. Enough people who can't code apply for software development jobs that asking a simple thing like "Write a sort function" is a good filter. Why waste 10 minutes on a better question when he can eliminate 50% of the applicants in 2? The interviewer doesn't think you're dumb and he's not trying to snub you - it's just how interview questions work. If you're such an amazing developer you shouldn't have a hard time writing a sort function. Spend the 30 seconds to write the sort routine and get over it.