[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":856},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-14402738":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":47,"post_text":49,"what":50,"said":97,"maker_in_thread":205,"shape":217,"grid":221,"attempts":818,"same_week":819,"maker_shows":37,"maker_hidden":848,"reader_version":849,"card":850},"14402738","Triplebyte quiz","15-question programming quiz with answers","title","Show HN: 15-question programming quiz with answers","https:\u002F\u002Fquiz.triplebyte.com\u002F","quiz.triplebyte.com","ammon",1495557710,2017,227,228,127,2242,6,"notable","learning_science","programming quiz","web_app",[21,24,25,26],"python quiz","technical interview","graph algorithms","roasted",-0.415,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},11,35,8,68,122,{"idea":36,"execution":39,"privacy":41,"docs":43,"design":46},{"positive":37,"critical":38},2,30,{"positive":37,"critical":40},28,{"positive":42,"critical":37},0,{"positive":44,"critical":45},3,4,{"positive":37,"critical":45},[48,48,48,48,37,48,42,42,42,42,42,42,37,48,48,37,37,48,48,48,37,48,48,37,48,48,48,48,48,37,44,48,44,45,48,44,37,44,37,44],1,null,{"problem":51,"audience":58,"pricing":65,"motivation":70,"time_to_build":49,"stack":74,"openness":94,"stage":95,"team_size":96},{"value":52,"source":53,"evidence":54},"Tests and educates programmers on common mistakes and misunderstandings seen in interviews","maker",[55],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},"14402748","We've been using a quiz as part of our hiring process (at Triplebyte) for the last two years. However, a lot of people do our quiz for fun. So we decided to create a version…",{"value":59,"source":53,"evidence":60},"Programmers taking a fun quiz, often job seekers",[61,62],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},{"id":63,"by":11,"text":64},"14403720","Ah, you're talking about going through our regular process and looking for a job? In that case, we try to make it clear that what you're doing is applying for a job (and we…",{"value":66,"source":67,"evidence":68},"free","inferred",[69],{"id":63,"by":11,"text":64},{"value":71,"source":53,"evidence":72},"Make a version of the hiring quiz that people can take for fun and education",[73],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},[75,87],{"value":76,"source":77,"evidence":78},"Python (quiz questions)","commenter",[79,83],{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},"14404695","lerie","its a python quiz.",{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"14404894","mhkool","This quiz is not a programming quiz but a Python quiz.",{"value":88,"source":77,"evidence":89},"JavaScript (client-side quiz)",[90],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"14404323","arohner","The quiz wouldn't pass security review, FWIW. The answers are shipped with the javascript, and validation is done client side, so they're just an 'inspect element' away.","unknown","launched","company",{"praise":98,"objections":121,"requests":154,"questions":182,"alternatives":197},[99,114],{"value":100,"source":77,"evidence":101},"Fun and interesting questions",[102,106,110],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"14407818","sowbug","This was fun. It's been a while since I took a multiple-choice test, and it called to mind the Cluss Test \u003Chttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.recompile.se\u002F~teddy\u002Fcluss-test>. 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While I got a 15\u002F15 and can easily answer these, the reason for that lies with the fact that I am very fluent in Python, had I not been I would have…",{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"14407263","ifree","Too many language specific aspects.",{"value":136,"source":77,"evidence":137},"Answers exposed in client-side storage, so validation is insecure",[138,142],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"14404706","smcuiuc","I'm sorry but I just can't take a quiz\u002Fwebsite\u002Fcompany seriously that assesses programmer ability, and yet they put the freaking answer key in Local Storage. Seriously,…",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},{"value":144,"source":77,"evidence":145},"Some questions were ambiguous or incorrect, such as the regex question",[146,150],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"14403323","FalconNL","The wording on question 9 (the regex one) is a little unclear: both b[l].e and ([^b]b[^b]*){3} will match blabber but not babel. 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