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this was a fun build. early users making baking guides is an interesting use case


that is our main goal. how to get this to be more honest and supportive in specific roles/projects

goal was not rage bait. actually trying to find ways to build something useful

thanks for the feedback!


Some of this has been mentioned so far but from my side I'd say the 5 minute timer yet very complex scenario is something that sets the "candidate" up to fail immediately, certainly if they're typing all this out. You're lulled into trying to cover the big picture but needing sufficient detail (it's not clear how low to go) to make sense. Having a multi-step process where it's progressively more low level as you drill in would be great. When we do interviews we tend to do very high level boxes then drill into increasing detail covering edge cases. This is hard to do in a one shot response.


this is our first launch like this, so our main objective is to see what people think

why 5min? in early tests with users people liked the shorter challenges than the longer ones

good feedback for more depth and more learning interaction.

this is v1 and definitely more areas to improve to make it less useless


thanks for the feedback. we're trying to generate questions on the spot, and have more ways to improve here


glad you're enjoying it! we've been increasing rate limits as it gets more usage.


good feedback! easy to increase the timer and support for what gets checked

initial goal was make it as easy as possible for someone to try, and in early tests, people liked the quick challenge

and hear you on misuse. initial goal was a playful way to help people looking. not designed for on the job reviews


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