Interview - Program on Computer

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Published on 2010-06-14T11:02:09Z Indexed on 2010/06/14 11:12 UTC
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Spent some time searching, couldn't find exactly what I'm after.

We like giving hands-on programming exercises as part of the interview process. The interviewee gets a laptop, with the editor and compiler of his choice. He or she then get a programming exercise and has about an hour to code it. Depending on the nature of the question, internet access is either allowed or forbidden.

I'm looking for good general questions for a junior developer. I don't care what language they choose to program in. C++ is as good as Python or Scheme, as long as (s)he can program in it (this rules out "can you write a correct copy-constructor" style questions). I just want to see how they code, if their code is self-documenting, if they write tests, check edge-cases, etc.

What kind of questions would you ask?

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