What is IL?

Purpose:

• This question prods whether the developer has a proper grasp of the .NET framework and is familiar with terms that surround it's implementation.
• Familiarity with .Net constructs are a good sign that a developer knows what he/she is doing, a but its a better warning sign if a developer falters on these types of questions.

Potential Answer:
Intermediate language (IL) is the product of compilation from the higher level languages like C# and Visual basic into a special purpose object-oriented programming language designed to be used by compilers for the .NET Framework before static or dynamic compilation to machine code. (It is the product of compilation of your C# code into IL that then JIT compiles into Machine code)