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Show HN: Coding Challenges for Recruiters

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Reading the title, i genuinely thought we were turning the tables on recruiters and having them complete some tests for us developers so we can assess if they know what they're talking about or not. I got excited for a second.

+1 yup. I bet it would be super interesting to see which of those "We help screen candidates even before you see CV's" agencies would refuse/fail some simple questions about the field

At least a couple of questions for recruiters would be awesome. It is so bad to be "evaluated" by someone that doesn't know what is talking about...

It would actually be a good idea to test whether a headhunter is genuinely interested in having a discussion with you or is just spamming emails hoping to fish something.

A happy accident? I could do that.

Having watched the video it looks like the expectation is that the recruiters would define tests. I've worked with a lot of recruiters and very few would be able to write a coding test well.

Also, it doesn't look like the recruiter has any opportunity to check that their test is correct, and there's no way for the candidate to test their solution works, so if there's any issue with the way the test has been defined (eg the test was created using a signature of input:string -> string by mistake) the candidate simply can't pass. If I was taking that test and failed because the test software was incorrect I would not give the company I was applying to a second chance. Applying for a job is stressful enough without that sort of thing happening.

Lastly, as a suggestion, I'd add a feature to search StackOverflow for the function the user has entered. There'll be a lot of cases where that happens.

Thanks

I just re-read this. I've got one clarification: checking correctness of questions before creation is not there yet but candidates can check their solutions during the test. Because I'm recruiting the first users, I'm creating questions for them and making sure everything works. Automating this is in the roadmap.

The StackOverflow check is a very good idea. A plagiarism feature is in the roadmap too.

I cannot thank you enough for taking some time to answer the way you did.

I was hoping to see some examples of the code challenges you offer. The site doesn't give any examples. what makes your library better than the other hackerrank / project Euler sites?

Customer service.

Companies like Codility has been doing these for years...

Please help me understand what is new there.

Nothing.

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