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Often those complaints then turn out to be about Kadane's or some other trivial algorithm. "Woe is me, they asked me how to implement a queue using two stacks, I just couldn't remember" - coder license revoked. Memorization my ass, just reinvent it on the spot. If they've forgotten heap sort so thoroughly so they don't know enough to reinvent it, then their working knowledge of algorithms is just sh*t - can they be trusted to pick the appropriate algorithm? Perhaps they have spent 7-10 years living under a rock software patterns book?
If they complained that the interviewer wanted them to write a VRP solver on the spot, fine, I get it, that goes a bit far. On the other hand, that's a simplified version of a real world problem that someone may well have experience with.
Not that ridiculous questions are never asked on interviews, far from it. But don't take the whiners too seriously. They are, for obvious reasons, over-represented on the internet. The interviews I've had so far were all perfectly reasonable (even if the job wasn't - and isn't that a more serious problem?).
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I started in a new job in February. During the first interview:
They started to ask me some questions about the technology I was going to use...
My answer: Stop this sort of questions. I have never used this technology, so I can't tell anything about it right now. But I am not afraid of new topics and I learn fast.
Then they started to ask about my previous company...
My answer: I am happy in my current job, I don't really want to leave. I am getting married and previous company is very far for a daily basis. That's why I am searching for something new not so far.
Then they started to ask about my personality and my skills:
My answers were honest, even when speaking about my defects.
I got hired.
Conclusion:
Tech questions can say little. IMHO the most important thing is: try to know who are going to work with you and determine his/her principles, if he/she is fitting in the team, willing to learn and things like that.
The rest... is only a question of time to learn.
(btw... now I am already "walking solo" in the projects)
I would probably hire a newbie willing to learn and showing engagement, than a lazy guru coming back from everything.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: I learn fast.
Being able to show examples of this, is how excellent engineers get hired. End of story.
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Is WPF dead? 
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Do I need this advertisement on CP? No!
Here where f… and similar will end in a kick...
And yes, you can save your comment, that was not personalized Advertising...it definitely not. I'm out of this Age 
Bruno
[Edit]: thanks to Moderation to let this through
[Edit1]: Posted spam or abusive message ... now the elephant was in my opinion on the other side!
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Would you prefer Russian?
Jeremy Falcon
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No comment! For me, people are not commodities!
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I agree with that, but it's a joke man.
Jeremy Falcon
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Yep I got it 
Boah ok it is ok ok ok
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I had that the other month.
But I kind of got an explanation here[^].
I guess the agreement with Google needs a teensy bit of rewriting.
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You can send them my way 
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Crude.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Well I'm assuming 10.000 Single Asian Women signed up on that site voluntarily and are looking for some ehhh... quality time.
Actually I assume it's more like an Ashley Madison kind of thing where 10.000 Single Asian Women is more like 10.000 fake profiles 
In any case it was just a joke.
I agree it's inappropriate on CP.
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I was little thin skinned, sorry.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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If it's an inappropriate advert on CP than Chris needs to know - and he'll dump it and issue the appropriate warnings. The Hamsters try very hard to ensure that ads are relevant, and do take action when told of an advertiser who has crossed the line.
Take it to Sugs'n'Bugs or invoke @chris-maunder directly.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Thank you. Bruno
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I've received hundred of enterprise libraries directly depending on other third-parties. Do I have to include log4net just because I need to use your library? Do I have to register an unknown unmanaged DLL as a part of my project output just because your code needs to access a system setting?
For the love of god, and world peace, please do not make your library directly depend on third-party components. Do let your users override them.
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Use of third-party libraries is a cry for help.
Plus, libraries shouldn't log. They should just throw Exceptions and the application can log or otherwise do what it likes with them. Another possibility would be for the library to provide an Event that it calls when it encounters something interesting but not fatal.
modified 9-Oct-15 11:55am.
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.NET framework are the third-party libraries. 
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You're first-part and second-party is your client (or target audience). 
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I'm the first-party; the tools/framework/platform I choose to work on are second-party; any tools that help work with those tools are third-party.
Any clients or potential customers would be the zeroth party.
modified 9-Oct-15 11:48am.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Nope; second-party.
Third party. Second party. Who cares? Working with .Net is a party!!!! Yoohooo!!! 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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If it was a party, there would be girls here! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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AddUsersToRole(women, partyGoers)
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