>>Bruce Eckel: I ask candidates to create an object model of a chicken. This eliminates any problems with uncertainties about the problem domain, because everyone knows what a chicken is. I think it also jars people away from the technical details of a computer. It tests to see if they are capable of thinking about the big picture
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>>From http://www.artima.com/wbc/interprogP.html
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>I don't like chicken. Can I make an object model of a steer? <bg>
>What if the candidate is a vegitarian and has no knowledge about a chicken.

Like one of my colleagues, who is a great programmer, BTW.