[Fr3dd1]

I live and work in germany so the environment might be way different then in the us or other countries. What I do is a small programming task that candidates can do in there own time frame at home. For the task you have to implement one interface consisting of 2 methods. Its nothing special in terms of computer science. What do I look for in the solutions I get? - Is the code readable? - Does it compile - Are there any unit tests - The implementation needs to work with the filesystem, how is that solved and how is it tested (if it is tested)? - Is there some kind of error handling? I check these points and in the next interview with the candidate I discuss the solution with him or her.