Hi folks

This might sound like a strange request, but I hope it becomes a bit clearer as I explain.

I am currently employed as my employer's only database and applications developer. My core skills are SQL Server 2000, and VB.NET 2002 Winforms applications.

We are currently in the market for a programmer who can code C#.NET 2002. Ideally, they would also be conversant in SQL Server, and would also have a working knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory on a 2000/2003 platform. The problem that we currently have is that, until we've hired someone to do the job that we have in mind for them, we have no way of validating their alleged skillsets.

Does anybody know of any kind of online resource that we can use to test out our candidates' knowledge, rather than employing them and discovering afterwards that they have led us up the garden path?

TIA