Love how every time a post concerning interviews pops-up on hackernews everyone gets defensive. Like all things I think the nature of the interview should refle

Love how every time a post concerning interviews pops-up on hackernews everyone gets defensive. Like all things I think the nature of the interview should reflect the role the developer will have when hired. If the developer won't be in charge of developing an entirely new system or project on his own it seems overarching to ask this type of question. At the end of the day the core attributes that matter are intelligence, ability to learn, experience and motivation. In this case, this question really only tests experience.