Re: a question regarding resumes

[zwicky <zwicky@pterodactyl.neu.sgi.com>]

 >I think they're legit questions... if someone says they've been a Unix
 >power-user for 10 years and they don't know what 'grep -v' does, then
 >something is wrong.  

In an interview situation, I don't know what grep -v does. (In normal
life I use it a lot, but it's more of a reflex than conscious knowledge.)
I have proven this fact in actual job interviews.

I got the job anyway. But it's not a question I ask. I suppose I might take
up hiring only people who fail at that sort of question -- it's annoying
working with people who can remember these things, because they think
you're just being difficult when you tell them to look it up because you
don't know. 

	Elizabeth