My interview technique is this; I look at their resume for the typical buzzwords. Next, I ask them to explain about said buzzword, what they worked on, what th

My interview technique is this; I look at their resume for the typical buzzwords. Next, I ask them to explain about said buzzword, what they worked on, what they thought of the technology. Then, we dig deeper. Anything they say, I continue to ask them followup questions. Eventually, we dig deep enough to know whether this person truly knows said technology or just put in on their resume for buzzword compliance. It might go something like, "Oh, I see you've had some experience with REST. What is REST?" ... "How does REST relate to HTTP? Is HTTP required?" ... "What HTTP verbs are considered idempotent? What does that even mean, how is this useful?" ... "How would you implement a {insert} application using REST?" There's no "tricking" the candidate this way. If they know their stuff, they get to talk in depth about it allowing them to shine. You will recognize this person, as we all love to talk about things we actually know something about. And the other type will also be spotted. They get nervous when you start probing deeper on what they said they should know. They start giving really bad, contradictory and even laughable answers as you go.