I am looking for a good coding project to ask developer candidates to complete.
I have tried a few scenarios in the past with mixed results and would like to actually
find something a little more interesting and usable.
How To Use The Test
- Resume sort
- Phone screen with the candidate (15-20 minutes)
- Email the project to them
- Receive the completed project ( or not – process over )
- Examine the solution. If we like it, proceed.
- Invite the candidate in for face-to-face interview
- Forward the solution to all interviewers
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Candidate comes prepared to discuss the project for about 10 minutes of an hour long
interview block
Test Ideas
- Write a small app to manage an address book in XML format from my hard drive.
- I dunno man, that’s the point of this post.
Leaving the implementation completely open to interpretation is the point of this
exercise. What will they do? Your suggestions must allow for a variety
of possible implementation. It will be interesting to see if someone does a
command line application or windows app or what.