how did you hire interns then? what a terrible scale! if i was wet behind the ears and giving myself an 8 cause of what i dont know i dont know, it's your job to hire me and teach me how wrong i am!
OP here. This is probably the most down-voted and dumped-on post I've made on HN.
Answer: We hired interns the same way. Is that really so bad though?
How would you rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10 on C++: 1 being you know C, and 10 being you are Bjarne Stroustrup or Bruce Eckle. Personally, I started out as a 4 back in 1996, and have monotonically fallen ever since.