Welcome to the QA Wolf take home assignment for our QA Engineer role! We appreciate your interest and look forward to seeing what you come up with.
This assignment has two questions as outlined below. When you are done, send qa-hiring@qawolf.com a link to a zip file of this folder on Google Drive. Additionally, please include your work location (Country/State) in the email.
In this assignment, you will create a basic script on Hacker News using JavaScript and Microsoft's Playwright framework.
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Install node modules by running
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Edit the
index.jsfile in this project to go to Hacker News and save the title and URL of the top 10 articles to a CSV file. You can run your script with thenode index.jscommand.
Note that you are welcome to update Playwright or install other packages as you see fit.
Why do you want to work at QA Wolf? Please record a short, ~1 min, video with your answer and post a link in why_qa_wolf.txt (Please ensure your video is not private)
This take home assignment is the first step in our hiring process, followed by a final round interview if it goes well. We review every take home assignment submission and promise to get back to you either way within one week (usually sooner). The only caveat is if we are out of the office, in which case we will get back to you when we return. If it has been more than one week and you have not heard from us, please do follow up.
The final round interview is a 2-hour technical work session that reflects what it is like to work here. We provide a $100 stipend for your time for the final round interview regardless of how it goes. After that, there may be a short chat with our director about your experience and the role.
Our hiring process is rolling where we review candidates until we have filled our openings. If there are no openings left, we will keep your contact information on file and reach out when we are hiring again.
We evaluate candidates based on three criteria:
- Technical ability (as demonstrated in the take home and final round)
- Customer service orientation (as this role is customer facing)
- Alignment with our values (captured here)
This means whether we hire you is based on how you do during our interview process, not on your previous experience (or lack thereof). Note that you will also need to pass a background check to work here as our customers require this.
We've found that our best hires have been the most enthusiastic throughout our process. If you are very excited about working here, please feel free to go above and beyond on this assignment.