“Show us a code sample”
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It's a test that you are an actual programmer, a way to probe your tastes and maturity, a measure of your skill (if the code sample is bad) and a starting point for an interview.
For example, I wouldn't hire someone who sends me proprietary code from their previous job, and someone who "solves a common CS question" instead of submitting something advanced and/or useful shows that they are very junior (which is not the same as being careless and incompetent).
For example, I wouldn't hire someone who sends me proprietary code from their previous job, and someone who "solves a common CS question" instead of submitting something advanced and/or useful shows that they are very junior (which is not the same as being careless and incompetent).
Fair point. I have quite a few code samples from libraries I've developed which I can provide. I just wanted to get some insight into the ambiguous criteria for "best".
Are they looking for incredibly tight code (i.e. Code Golf)? Or something clean and readable that solves a common CS question? What if my "best" code is something that doesn't make much sense outside the context of the project, or if it's proprietary work that I did for hire?
This question just seems like an arbitrary way to get rejected, so how do you respond to it?