What Would Feynman Do?
I can't really excerpt, you have to read the whole thing, as the effect is cumulative.
[wik]: I was startled, when I actually opened the link in a browser, at how ugly the page is. I read most webpages now through my rss feed reader app, Reeder. It does a remarkable job displaying ugly websites in a clean, easy-on the eyes manner while retaining useful semantic markup. If you're a mac or iphone/ipad user, I can't recommend it highly enough.
[alsø wik]: h/t to my pal Christian.
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As funny as that article is, this ex-MSFT dev would have stopped him after his second answer when he showed he was great at finding workable solutions. I mean, the guy came up with two great solutions right away. Hire him.
But there are interviewers who might have gone on.
The real question is, is he a coder? We hired too many folk who did great at interviews but can't do anything much but talk. They make better academics.