Professional Development

Why do some interviewers insist on asking ridiculously impossible questions when they’re interviewing the most junior candidates? I explain why you should use questions people can actually answer, and quit trying to hit the lotto.

If you’re hiring someone who will be storing data in a database, here’s how to find out if they know what they’re doing. Includes questions like, “Explain referential integrity and where it can be enforced,” and “What’s the fastest way to get a thousand records into the database?”