The process took 1 week. I interviewed at balena (New York, NY) in Sep 2019
Interview
After submitting an application, I was emailed a few days later asking me to develop a feature for a smart home lighting application. At first glance, the assignment was asking for a lot. Upon further reading, it was unrealistic. They asked that you develop a solution for the application, then document the solution, then write unit tests, oh and if you discover a bug in the platform, open an issue. (free labor red flags all over the place ). They also state it should take you 3-4hours. Highly unrealistic. Although I was skeptical, I still completed the assignment because honestly I thought it would be fun. About a week later I received a 'canned' email response that they weren't moving forward. I didn't meet the criteria, and I didn't come up with creative solutions. This was hard to believe because the application I created hit every point they asked for and worked. They also said I didn't come up with creative solutions, but I'm not sure how creative you can be with a problem like this.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Here is a smart home application with different devices in different rooms. Add functionality to be able to update brightness, names, and power. Use our API and UI library. also, make the application responsive, write unit tests, add tools like linters, and add documentation. Do all of this in 3 - 4 hours
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