A good set of questions - they don't rely on too much esoteric knowledge, and look to see how the programmer would apply any experience gained to date in solvin

A good set of questions - they don't rely on too much esoteric knowledge, and look to see how the programmer would apply any experience gained to date in solving them. One question we often use early in interviews is "could you show me something neat you have learnt whilst programming?" - we want to see if they have actually programmed before, if they took the time to dig in a bit more than hello world or the fabulous Paula bean (dailywtf classic) and importantly, why they thought it was neat.