As a complete beginner? No, I wouldn't call you totally unfit for developing software. I'd call you entry-level, but that's totally okay (as long as your appl

As a complete beginner? No, I wouldn't call you totally unfit for developing software. I'd call you entry-level, but that's totally okay (as long as your applying for entry-level jobs and have realistic salary expectations). I didn't specify this in my comment above, but I've never really had to interview for entry-level req's. The positions that I described involved candidates with years of experience... so the fact that THEY don't have a clue about the basic design of virtually every web framework for the past two decades (i.e. MVC) is a glaring red flag. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure that the MVC example would be a good question to ask to a younger candidate. If you had been around during the early days of web development (i.e. CGI scripts based on Perl or raw PHP, or Java where all of your logic is crammed into a JSP page), then you could say all sorts of things about the shift toward MVC being the norm. However, if you came along after that shift, and every web framework you've ever seen has been some variation on MVC principles, then it's a bit like asking a fish to describe water. Anyway, if you're just getting started in the field, and haven't had much interview experience yet, then try not to let it get to you. Interviewing involves a TON of rejection, and that never really stops. If interviews ever start feeling easy, then it means you're selling yourself short... and you should be interviewing for more senior positions with higher salaries. To get started though, I would suggest simply doing a Google search on "programmer interview questions", or something more specific to your background (e.g. "java interview questions"). This is exactly what the majority of your lazy interviewers are doing to come up with their questions anyway. As you encounter questions that you can't answer, then look them up and read about it (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93cont...).