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Software developer interview kit: job ad, technical questions, a coding test task and a scorecard

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Software developer interview kit: job ad, technical questions, a coding test task and a scorecard

Example result

Example for the Standard package

Interview kit: barista for a busy city-centre coffee shop

Short job ad

Barista, full-time, city centre. $18–20 an hour plus tips, shifts from 6:30 am, two weekends a month. You'll make coffee for about 600 people a day, keep the bar clean and remember what the regulars drink. Six months behind a busy bar is enough; we'll teach you our recipes.

Stage 2: main interview (4 of 18 questions)

CompetenceQuestionA strong answerA weak answer
Working under pressure"Tell me about your busiest shift. What did you do when the queue reached the door?"A real shift, a clear order of tasks, asked for help earlyTalks in general terms, "I just work faster"
Care for guests"A regular says their flat white tastes different today. What do you do?"Asks what is different, remakes it, checks the grinderDefends the drink, or remakes it without asking
Teamwork"How do you share the bar with a colleague when you're both making drinks?"Clear roles, calls out orders, cleans as they goPrefers to work alone
Reliability"Our shifts start at 6:30. How would you get here?"A concrete plan and a back-upNo plan

Scorecard (weights)

CompetenceWeightScore 1–5
Working under pressure30%
Care for guests25%
Coffee basics20%
Teamwork15%
Reliability10%

Files: Word and PDF. Every question is about the job: none asks about age, family plans, health, religion or origin. We never search for or contact candidates, and the choice of whom to hire is yours.

Client: Morning Fold, a coffee shop with 9 staff and about 600 orders a day. Task: hire a barista who stays calm at the morning rush and is friendly with regulars. Standard package: a job ad in two versions, a phone screen and a main interview, 25 questions and a weighted scorecard. Excerpt below.

The client and all details are made up.

About this service

Hiring a developer without a plan often means either trivia questions nobody uses at work or a chat that never touches real code. This kit is built around your stack and your work: a job ad with the tasks, technologies, level and conditions you really offer, questions on the languages and tools you use, problem solving, code quality, testing habits and working with others, with notes on what strong and weak answers sound like. The scorecard rates every candidate on the same points. Premium adds a short take-home or live coding task close to your real work, with a time limit and a checking guide your own engineers can use. We never search for, contact or screen candidates, never review their submissions and never advise whom to hire. Questions avoid age, family, health, religion and origin. Employment rules differ by country, so check the kit against yours.

What is included

  • What you getA Word and PDF document: a job ad for the developer role, interview questions grouped by competence for each stage in your package, notes on what to listen for in strong and weak answers, and a scorecard. From Standard, a short screening stage, a short version of the ad for job boards and a weighted scorecard; in Premium, a third stage, a coding test task with a checking guide and questions for references.
  • A clear job adStack, tasks, level, pay and remote rules from your brief
  • Technical questionsYour languages, tools, design choices and debugging
  • Working with othersCode review, estimates, handling feedback and unclear tasks
  • What to listen forSigns of real experience versus memorised answers
  • Fair questionsOnly about the job, nothing on age, family, health or beliefs

How it works

  1. 1
    BriefYou describe the role, stack, level and conditions
  2. 2
    KitWe write the ad, questions, answer guide and scorecard
  3. 3
    DeliveryYou get the kit in Word and PDF on the order page
  4. 4
    Your interviewsYou post the ad, interview candidates and check test tasks yourself

What we need from you

The role and level (junior, middle, senior; backend, frontend, mobile, full-stack), your languages, frameworks and tools, what the person will build and maintain, how your engineers work (code review, tests, releases), the pay range, schedule, office or remote work and other conditions you really offer, must-have and nice-to-have skills, how many stages you plan and who will interview, and what the ad should say about your company. You may attach a job description or an old ad as Word or PDF files or screenshots, up to 3 files. Please do not send candidates' CVs, code or other personal data.

We will ask you:

  • Which developer role are you hiring for?
  • What will the person build?
  • Which skills are a must, and which are a plus?
  • What do you offer?
  • How will you interview?

Compare packages

PackagesBasicJob ad and 10 questions$13StandardJob ad and 25 questions in 2 stages$26Premium40 questions in 3 stages and a test task$44
Deadline1 day2 days3 days
Revisions123
Job adfull versionfull and short versionsfull and short versions
Interview questions102540
Interview stages123
Competences coveredup to 4up to 6up to 8
Scorecardsimpleweightedweighted, for each stage
Test task with a checking guideNoNoYes
RoleSoftware developerSoftware developerSoftware developer
Order BasicOrder StandardOrder Premium

Payment protection

You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.

  • Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
  • The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
  • Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
  • Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
  • Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
  • Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
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Questions and answers

Will you find candidates or run the technical interview?

No. We prepare the documents; you post the ad, invite candidates and interview them yourself.

Will you check candidates' test tasks?

No. Premium includes the task and a checking guide, so your own engineers check every submission the same way. We never see candidates' work.

How long is the test task?

It is designed to take a few hours at most, close to real work and without asking for anything you would use in production.

Can the kit cover several stacks?

Each order covers one role. If backend and frontend roles differ a lot, place a separate order for each.

Will you tell me whom to hire?

No. The scorecard helps you compare candidates on the same points, but the decision is always yours.

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