No offense at all. I just wanted to be clear. I did assume that you didn't mean to literally make stuff up.

As to interviewing, it's subjective. There just isn't a "this guy passes this test, we'll hire him" kind of approach to it. I actually don't care about your literal SQL knowledge when hiring, depending on what we're hiring for. But I do want to know if you're going to fit with the team. I do want to know how you deal with adversity, how you learn, what your plans & goals around expanding your knowledge are. That stuff is the most important. We can teach SQL Server to the right person. But you can't always teach teamwork, self-motivation and the rest.