Mike wrote:

When I applied for my first programming job I had no idea what to expect at
the interview, etc, including what type of questions they'd ask relating to
viewing sample code.

So I simply wrote a CD containing all source code and executables of
material I've done which I found relevant to the job.

On the day of the interview (which went on for over 2hrs!) the converstation
finally turned to wanting to know what I'd done in the past. Out came the
CD. :-)

While one of the guys was grilling me about "How did you do this? Why did
you do it like that? How did you achieve that? What maths did you use to do
this/that? What API/libraries did you use? Why didn't use use lex and yacc
to do that instead?" etc, (and I tell you, I felt *this* small!!) the other
chap was very casually browsing through my C code.

They also wanted to know what *part* of a given program was in *which*
source file and which function(s) did what tasks. I think that was the key
test - did I know my code, and most importantly, did I write it?

Just my £0.01.

Stephen. (subsequently made redundant when company closed down - d'oh!)