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Re:Creative Hiring: Solve the puzzle in this jobs page and g... by drusenko on Thursday November 15, 2007 @02:42AM (#80077)
it's not really meant to be a hard puzzle, per se (that would be pointless and a waste of time). it's just intended not to be really really easy, and useful enough for us to say "this could be a good candidate" based on getting the correct answer.
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Re:Creative Hiring: Solve the puzzle in this jobs page and g... by ed on Thursday November 15, 2007 @03:41AM (#80098)
Well the problem with this puzzle wasn't its level of difficulty, just that it was awkward to complete. It seemed more like a test of my Firebug abilities than anything else.
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Re:Creative Hiring: Solve the puzzle in this jobs page and g... by drusenko on Thursday November 15, 2007 @03:48AM (#80100)
the fact that you're using firebug, know some basic concepts, can debug javascript and can formulate your own POST requests puts you above quite a few of the applicants we've seen.
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