Almost everywhere I went on interviews the questions were about the very basic things. The things you'd knew if you did what you claimed you did on your resume.

Almost everywhere I went on interviews the questions were about the very basic things. The things you'd knew if you did what you claimed you did on your resume. E.g. if you are a 3d graphics programmer with 10 years of experience you know what cross product is. If you had been shipping multiple 1M+ LOC projects in C++ you know what the word "virtual" mean and other popular syntax as well. The places that asked me things I did not know probably had been looking for somebody with different experience than I had so it's fine with me too, even though it would be better if they evaluated my experience from my resume. So I don't see the author's problem. If the questions on the interview are too hard - you are probably applying at above your level or in the wrong field. I will most definitely not spend my time working on some programming test or do some side project for "show-and-tell" to please you. Heck, he is appealing to other professions allegedly not doing interviews, yet it's even harder to imagine them doing things he suggests. What kind of side project a doctor will have? A civil engineer? A manager? A pilot? A chef? A lawyer?