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This sounds like a great idea! One caveat being that the it probably caters more to web/mobile devs. Eg. you probably wouldn't use this challenge for a database engineer, or machine learning role. You could, but it wouldn't tell you much about their skills in the domains you're interested in. Still definitely worth trying for roles where it makes sense. I might try this.

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Great point on the rolls.

It does make me wonder how hard it would be to come up with basic challenges for different roles to simply apply to the job using their skills. I guess for some rolls harder than others. :-)

The goal wouldn't be a hard challenge, just one that shows basic competency and problem solving ability within their field.

Still this would take time and effort to create. That said, the last time I hired someone I probably spent 100 hours reading resumes, filtering candidates, and interviewing people.

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