>There doesn’t seem to be an surplus of experienced VFP programmers looking for work, at least not in our area. As a result we have lowered our >expectations for an out of the box VFP programmer and we teach the VFP interface, form design, event firing, etc. to a new hire.

>Regardless of past programming experience ( FoxPro and other languages included), the biggest issues in the long run are the person’s ability to >comprehend data, to be intellectually flexible, and to be able to see that we are working on a larger picture than the code they are producing at the moment.

I agree with your view if the applicant mentions his lack of experience in his resume, but when an applicant blatantly lies in his resume about his knowlege of a particular skill set, you have to call him on it and move on.