Hi Tom,

 

Is the language just PHP or are you using
others?

 

Regards,

Patrick McCarthy

UK2.NET

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Sent: 27 April 2009 11:55
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Subject: [entrepreneur-1056] How can we
test a developer's skills?

Hi everyone.

Long time listener, first time caller.

I
was hoping that someone on this group could offer some advice…

We're in
the business of building and running online communities for research and
innovation, which we deliver to brands and agencys. Part of our proposition is
the delivery of our bespoke social network tool.

To date, we have been
working with an external agency, who have done a good job at building our
product to specification. However, as business ramps up, we are looking to
refine the product and introduce new features and services. As such, it has
become necessary to recruit a developer, who is versed in the use open source
tools (LAMP).

We've looked around and have a good final list of
candidates, who we feel could be a good 'fit' to our existing team.

The
one area that we have yet to test for is the ability to actually code –
including their approach to coding. Not having these skills internally, it is
difficult for us to achieve this. As such we were hoping to find some form of
test that we could give them.

In my mind, I thinking of a simple 1-2 hour
exercise, whereby the candidates could make a simple web
application/service/feature, which would demonstrate their skills. We have a
friendly developer who could then look through what they have made and give us
an idea of their abilities.

Is there such a test that people know of? If
not, perhaps there is a different approach that someone has used
successfully?

Either way, I would very much appreciate any ideas people
may have.

Thanks in advance

Tom
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