Get yourself a snack and a drink, this is a long thread that has been 2 years in the making. I have nearly 40 posts prepared.
BACKGROUND: I live in Malaysia. The law here states that I can only hire locals. To hire non-Malaysians, I need a "foreigner-hiring" license, which costs RM1,000,000 (about USD$250,000). This is an important piece of info, in case you later ask "why are all the resumes from Malaysians?" or "why not hire someone from Russia or India?"
Malaysia is a third-world country, but it is one of the much, MUCH better third-world countries, with a healthy economy and a solid educational system. Unfortunately, while this educational system is producing fresh grads that do well in almost all other aspects of life, it is failing miserably when it comes to programming. The FizzBuzz experiment, which states that the overwhelming majority of people applying for programming jobs do not know how to program, holds true here as it does everywhere.
In this thread, we are going to see just how BAD the situation is in the programming world. I am going to post some sample resumes that I received from applicants, some sample code snippets from the interviews, and my 2-year-experience as a recruiter/interviewer.
It is my hope that you find this helpful. Or amusing. Probably both.