This task is intended for people who interview for our Software Engineer roles.
Please make sure you read our expectations first before starting on either of the below options:
Build a JavaScript application that shows the latest news world-wide, using the newsapi.org service.
Running the app we should be able to see the latest news. The user should have the ability to filter by keywords (see everything endpoint api). Optionally, if the user clicks on a news item it will navigate to a page displaying the full news article selected.
This is a full stack challenge and we are expecting both a Frontend application and a Backend application that communicate with each other.
A Full Stack developer is someone with familiarity in each layer; you might be stronger on the frontend, or vice-versa. Feel free to focus more on what you know best, be creative and show us your skills!
If you have some existing code that you would be prepared to share with us, we can look at that instead. The code should meet the following criteria:
- It should be similar hours of your own work as with Option 1 (as opposed to others' or your team's work for example)
- Ideally, it should be a web/mobile app that involves both client and server-side skills
- It should demonstrate how you approach a problem with a simple solution that you're confident to walk us through in an interview scene (as opposed to sharing a full app with 10k lines of code, for example)
- It should be something you are permitted to share with us (e.g. not confidential or protected by NDA)
Q: Should I commit my newsapi.org token?
A: No, but please provide one for us
Q: What browsers must I support?
A: Latest Firefox & Chrome. Don’t worry about any browser inconsistencies.
Q: What version of node must I support?
A: LTS version or later
Q: Should I deploy the application somewhere it is publicly reachable? A: No
Q: Can I use transpilers?
A: Yes, but you may not need to.
Q: Can I use libraries, frameworks, etc?
A: Yes... but please consider "What we are looking for?" guidelines.