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Technical assessment for hiring
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Technical assessment for hiring
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/bbc/software-engineering-technical-assessments
- Owner: bbc
- Created: 2021-05-24T12:11:07.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-01-21T13:36:56.000Z (12 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-03T19:14:18.942Z (9 months ago)
- Language: Kotlin
- Size: 4.14 MB
- Stars: 108
- Watchers: 30
- Forks: 127
- Open Issues: 39
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- Readme: README.md
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# Software Engineering Technical Assessments
This repository contains the different technical assessments that are used for the BBC Assessment Centre. You will need to choose **one** of the assessments to undertake in your technical interview.
Each assessment makes up part of a mock elections system which could show results pages similar to how [BBC News covers elections](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c37d28xdn99t/scottish-parliament-election-2021).
**These pieces of software don't rely on one another or interact in any way.**
## What to do before your interview
* Choose **ONE** assessment you wish to undertake and let your recruitment contact know. Please see guidelines below on choosing one.
* Familiarise yourself with the codebase of your chosen assessment.
* If you are not familiar with how elections work in the UK please watch [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRxUhGetEPQ).
* Follow the "setup" steps in the Readme of your chosen assessment and get it running locally.
* Ensure you are ready to "screenshare" your working environment during the interview, as per the instructions from our recruitment team.
* **Do not** complete the assessment before the interview
## The applications:
- `election-api-golang` A fake election API written with Go
- `election-api-java` A fake election API written with Java
- `election-api-javascript` A fake election API written with NodeJS
- `election-api-scala` A fake election API written with Scala
- `election-api-python` A fake elction API written with Python
- `election-ui-javascript` A fake elections Web UI written with React and Javascript
- `election-ui-swift` A fake elections iOS app written with Swift (with UIKit and SwiftUI variations)
- `election-ui-kotlin` A fake elections Android app written with Kotlin (with XML layout and Jetpack Compose variations)
## Choosing an assessment
Things to take into account when choosing your assessment:
* You must choose **ONE** assessment
* If you want a **web/front end/fullstack** role you must choose the `election-ui-javascript` assessment.
* If you want a mid- or senior-level **mobile development** role you must choose the `election-ui-swift` or `election-ui-kotlin` assessment. If you'd consider a junior-level mobile development role we're happy to assess your programming skills based on whichever platform you're most comfortable.
* Otherwise, choose a language you are most comfortable and that gives you the best opportunity to show your ability.
* More information on each assessment can be found inside the readme of the relevant application.
Once you have decided, please let your recruitment contact know.
## What to expect in your interview
In the assessment we will ask you to screenshare your working environment with us as we discuss and work on the following:
1) How does the software work?
2) Are there any changes/improvements that you would suggest and/or want to tackle?
3) Our elections product team have asked for some new features to be added! With the help of a pair, you will be asked to try to implement one or more of these features.
# Questions?
If you have any questions about any of this, please contact your recruitment contact, and/or the person who sent you the link to this repository.