Oh no, I was mostly commenting on my past experience. If someone shows past achievements, I'm going to adjust the interview to their level, rather than ask them rudimentary questions or ask them to implement rudimentary and time-consuming functionality.
You can get a feel for whether the candidate can program a simple blog by asking them how they'd do it, you don't have to ask them to spend hours actually doing the nitty-gritty...
You can get a feel for whether the candidate can program a simple blog by asking them how they'd do it, you don't have to ask them to spend hours actually doing the nitty-gritty...