Interview questions

[zigster]

I have been tasked with interviewing for a new perl position. My first task is to come up with come questions that test the candidates technical ability, both as a programmer and as a perl programmer. I confess I am at a loss with regard to perl questions. I have so far thought of:

• What arguments do you frequently use for the perl interpreter and what do they mean.
• What does the command 'use strict' do and why should you use it?
• What do the symbols $ @ and % mean when prefixing a variable.
• What elements of the perl language could you use to structure your code to allow for maximum re-use and maximum readability.
• What is a JAPH?
• What are the characteristics of a project that is well suited to perl.
• Why do you program in perl.

As you can see I am not really concerned with information that a candidate could trivially get from the perl books that I would expect them to have easily to hand. I am more interested in information that could only really have come from experience. Do you have anything to add or anything to remove?
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Zigster