> (we also ask the candidate to open a PR against the repo just to see if they know the basics of git -- you would be surprise how many people cannot do it).

Worked with a "super senior", lead architect. Management was raving about the guy before he joined. Insane resume. Skipped the regular interview process because of this.

Had to show him how to open a PR and setup his git config so his commits are linked to his account. And then his PR's failed the automated ci checks for descriptions and titles, and he came to me to ask how to fix it. The failing gh action literally says what was broken.

This is all with Claude available btw, so one could literally just ask.

I guess it's a bit of a modern fizzbuzz. Where it's so simple but still manages to stump a lot of candidates.