Thanks Steve! Thats great feedback and frankly, your confirmation of the sort of "round robin" approach was great to hear because that is something I have come to really believe is highly effective in weeding out not only technical skills, but how a prospective employee will interface with other members of my teams - you know, the "human factor", which is as important to me as technical skills because cohesion is a very big factor for me as a manager.

Your comments on the written test are also very enlightening, and I see what you are saying - its not so much to stump the candidate, as it is to test basic general knowledge. That's a great idea and I am sharing your post with a couple of my staff as I think your take on it hits the right mark on how that technique should be applied.

And yes, if time permits, I would be honored to contribute - I have found SSC to be a great resource, great site and it would be nice to give something back!