Henceforth, All Job Applicants Must Hack Into Our Backend (Dev Challenge)
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#3Not too shabby. Was pretty trivial to do with Safari's developer tools, actually.
I submitted this as my resume: http://www.russellheimlich.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/...
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#4This is phenomenal. Makes the application process way more interesting. Hope your quality of applicants goes through the roof.
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#5I just completed it, it shouldn't take more than 15 minutes or so. There's no real hacking involved, it's mostly just using a tool like firebug.
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#6I just completed it, it shouldn't take more than 15 minutes or so. There's no real hacking involved, it's mostly just using a tool like firebug.
I'm interested in seeing applications that submit themselves :)
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#7Fun challenge. It took me about 10-15 minutes using curl.
I think it's the right level of difficulty: Difficult enough that you're able to weed out a lot of really low quality applicants, but not so difficult that you run the risk of excluding high quality applicants.
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#8Honestly they should not have made this announcement public, it should be a private message to anyone submitting an application, otherwise random people pick up the challenge and post the answers online.
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#9Waaay too easy...honestly, I'm not tooting my own horn.
But I guess it would keep the lazy applicant from applying.
EDIT: on second thought, maybe it is the right level. They aren't likely looking for $100k+ hacker geniuses, just guys who can think outside the box and know how to do basic digging and prevent your typical hack.
I retract my statement. Clever application process.
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#10Waaay too easy...honestly, I'm not tooting my own horn. But I guess it would keep the lazy applicant from applying. EDIT: on second thought, maybe it is the right level. They aren't likely looking for $100k+ hacker geniuses, just guys who can think outside the box and know how to do basic digging and prevent your typical hack. I retract my statement. Clever application process.
it seems a bit on the easy side (only took me a few mins), but I like the idea. It was a fun challenge.