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I have a pretty cool crackme that I programmed and I wanted to offer it as a puzzle to some candidates, but without the proper reverse engineering tools, I think most candidates would really struggle -- especially if you're looking for just general developers.

Haven't given it much thought past this.

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If it's no relevance to the job, you're only testing that they share your interests.

Which might be a useful tool to attract candidates, but not to select them. (Compare exploratory data analysis.)

If you are hiring a "general developer" it may not be the best idea to test them this way.

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