I've just recently done an interview for a potential first job in the software industry and it went really well but they sent me a quick project to do at home to see what I can do and it uses a couple of technologies I'm not the most familiar with (it's a crypto related company, which I'm not keen on but I'd mostly be working with React and stuff on front end for their website I think). I don't want anybody to do the project for me I'm just a bit stuck and could maybe use some pointers from anybody who's been in the industry for longer. After turning this in I'll likely have to do a last interview where I actually do a little coding in front on them but I'd like to at least get something I can turn in here, whether they end up moving forward with me or not, since I got the interview via a recruiter who has been really good about working with me and I don't want to disappoint and get this recruiter to write me off. Anybody willing to take a look and help me out, PM me and I'll send details. Thanks in advance!
I'll check but I think they might have made this up right after I had the interview, but that's a good idea, I'll check around there
I have next to no frontend experience and I have a javascript allergy, so I won't be any help with the actual solution, but some general pointers from years of being an interviewer and grading takehomes:
- write unit tests. Not a lot of people do for takehomes, so this earns you a ton of brownie points
- focus on readability:
- make sure your variables have descriptive names
- add comments where they help to improve clarity, but use them sparingly
- make sure your code is well-factored into small functions
Thank you! I’ll send you a message shortly and whenever you get a chance to take a look over the weekend would be awesome!
If you're doing frontend stuff please use Typescript. That will put you ahead of 90% of other JS devs out of the gate.
