Good luck finding such a teammate and making that guy work on a web based dental software.

Sigh. Posts like this slap me in the face that maybe we're in the wrong part of the world to do software business. Here's our list of interview questions for a web developer position we couldn't fill for the last 2 months.

  1. What is Javascript and why is it needed?
  2. Could you talk about HTTP GET and POST.
  3. What is OO? Have you "heard of" design patterns? (Most haven't even heard patterns at all.)
  4. Could you talk about any other languages than you currently use? (mostly ASP.NET and PHP)

We have seen very few applicants fulfilling us beyond the second question. And the ones that do cost an arm and leg. This happens in Istanbul, a city of ~15 million.