I realize I'm responding to an ancient node but..

I have my doubts about Brainbench, due to a recent hire we had. The person in question was supposed to have Sharepoint and DBA experience, and their resume showed none of the former and little of the latter. On that, I recommended not to hire (I wasn't part of the actual interview, just asked to do a technical review of the resume).

However, the person went out, took a Brainbench test on Sharepoint, came back and fought for the job, claiming ability via Brainbench. They were promptly hired..

..and were completely inept. They couldn't even navigate Sharepoint's default interface, let alone tell me how to set up a usable site. As for their DBA abilities.. also non-existant. (If someone asks you what kind of degree you have, and they say 'Databases', there is likely a problem.)

I definitely believe in at least some technical questions during an interview for a technical job. It comes with the territory.