Coding test

[sankarshan]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Karsten Wade <kwade at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:21:33PM -0400, Mel Chua wrote:
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSoC_2010_plan#Workflow_plan mentions a
>> coding test that students have to pass - where do we find out more about
>> the test, how to administer it, how it's designed, etc? (I can
>> understand the test itself being non-public so students will take it on
>> even footing.)
>>
>> I've been searching but unable to find stuff, so if it's simply that I'm
>> missing something, just let me know. ;)
>
> The answer is simply that it doesn't yet exist.
>
> It is not a Google requirement and many organizations don't use one.
> It has been recommended, however, by many others.
>
> We have a few choices:
>
> 1. Cook one up ourselves.
> 2. Borrow a FLOSS or public domain test but not announce what it is.
>
> That's all I can think of.  I can assist on the second item but not
> the first.

When it was talked about, the plan was to use
easyfix.fedoraproject.org as an entry point for bugs to fix that would
allow the mentor to assess the candidate

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sankarshan mukhopadhyay
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