InterviewsHelper

ℹ️ Description

A bunch of scripts on node.js aimed at improving the interview process. Can be reused between different departments (only the questions database should be prepared).

🧐 It solves the next problems

1. Automation of many manual processes.
2. A more comprehensive evaluation.
3. Feedback standardization.

📖 Prepare questions database

Export prepared questions database as HTML files and save each page to the data folder.

🧠 Interview format

The interview system supports 2 modes by default: Department and Partnership. Default durations are: Department mode - 55 min and Partnership mode - 25 min. In the case of the Partnership mode, it's enough to conduct a superficial interview. Usually, the main technical interview with the customer is the next step. So, it's important to double-check if everything is good with the candidate before the main technical interview. In the case of the Department mode, the interview must be deeper. The full responsibility for the candidate is on the interviewer. That's why the duration is longer. Moving forward, each interview contains 2 stages: theory and practice. For the practice part, the amazing resource https://edabit.com/ is used. In the case of the Partnership mode, the candidate should just describe the possible solution for the provided task in order not to waste the time. In the case of the Department mode, the candidate should share his screen and resolve the task in real-time.

🏃 How to use it

1. Run generateQuestions script. The next file outputs/output-${firstName}-${lastName}/questions.txt will be generated:

Step	Visualization
Select interview type (available options are: React, React-Native, Angular, Vue.js, Node.js, React + Node.js, React-Native + Node.js, Angular + Node.js and Vue.js + Node.js).
Select interview mode (available options are: Department and Partnership).
Select candidate supposed level (available options are: Junior, Junior+, Middle-, Middle, Middle+ and Senior).
Select topics (options marked with (*) are required).
Enter candidate first name (just leave it empty if you don't know the required information).
Enter candidate last name (just leave it empty if you don't know the required information).
Enter candidate email (just leave it empty if you don't know the required information).
Enter interviewer first name (just leave it empty if you don't know the required information).
Enter interviewer last name (just leave it empty if you don't know the required information).
Enter interviewer email (just leave it empty if you don't know the required information).
Enter interviewer linkedin (just leave it empty if you don't know the required information).
Decide whether you would like to use ready-to-use question sets. In this case, the files with questions will be generated with the pre-selected questions in order to save your time. You'll still be able to edit them.

2. Check out the generated questions:

@topic@JavaScript@topic@ ≈7 questions
1.  What is hoisting? (requiredFor: junior) (key: @questionKey@js1@questionKey@)
2.  What is a scope? (requiredFor: junior) (key: @questionKey@js2@questionKey@)
3.  What are closures? (requiredFor: junior) (key: @questionKey@js3@questionKey@)
@topic@TypeScript@topic@ ≈3 questions
1.  What are the benefits and drawbacks of using TypeScript? (requiredFor: middle-) (key: @questionKey@ts1@questionKey@)
2.  What is the tsconfig.json file? (requiredFor: middle) (key: @questionKey@ts2@questionKey@)
3.  What are the components of TypeScript? (requiredFor: middle) (key: @questionKey@ts3@questionKey@)

3. Mark the suitable questions with '+ ' at the beginning:

@topic@JavaScript@topic@ ≈7 questions
+ 1.  What is hoisting? (requiredFor: junior) (key: @questionKey@js1@questionKey@)
+ 2.  What is a scope? (requiredFor: junior) (key: @questionKey@js2@questionKey@)
3.  What are closures? (requiredFor: junior) (key: @questionKey@js3@questionKey@)
@topic@TypeScript@topic@ ≈3 questions
+ 1.  What are the benefits and drawbacks of using TypeScript? (requiredFor: middle-) (key: @questionKey@ts1@questionKey@)
2.  What is the tsconfig.json file? (requiredFor: middle) (key: @questionKey@ts2@questionKey@)
3.  What are the components of TypeScript? (requiredFor: middle) (key: @questionKey@ts3@questionKey@)

4. Run generateInterviewPDF script, and the next files will be generated:

• outputs/output-${firstName}-${lastName}/forInterviewer.pdf:

Will be used for the interview.

• outputs/output-${firstName}-${lastName}/resultDraft.txt:

@topic@JavaScript@topic@
1)
2)
3)
@topic@TypeScript@topic@
1)
2)
3)

• outputs/output-${firstName}-${lastName}/resultNotesDraft.txt:

@englishLevel@
Fluency: 0/3
Accuracy: 0/3
Coherence: 0/3
Range: 0/3
Pronunciation: 0/3
@englishLevel@

@softwareSkills@
-
@softwareSkills@

@technicalSkills@
-
@technicalSkills@

@supposedLevel@
-
@supposedLevel@

@recommend@
Yes / No
@recommend@

5. Fill resultDraft.txt file in:

@topic@JavaScript@topic@
1) 3
2) 5
3) 4
@topic@TypeScript@topic@
1) 2
2) 5
3) 3

6. Fill resultDraft.txt file in:

@englishLevel@
Fluency: 3/3
Accuracy: 2/3
Coherence: 1/3
Range: 3/3
Pronunciation: 3/3
@englishLevel@

@softwareSkills@
Pleasant in communicationю
@softwareSkills@

@technicalSkills@
Good theory and practical skills.
@technicalSkills@

@supposedLevel@
middle+
@supposedLevel@

@recommend@
Yes
@recommend@

7. Run generateResultPDF script and outputs/output-${firstName}-${lastName}/result.pdf file will be generated.

🔨 Scripts

Script	Description
validateDatabase	Validates the questions database. Checks for the correct format for each question in the database.
generateQuestions	Generates suitable questions based on the input params and puts them to the .txt file.
generateInterviewPDF	Generates a PDF document for the interview and .txt drafts for the result.
generateResultPDF	Generates a PDF document with the interview result.

📊 Output examples

For interviewer:	Result:
forInterviewer.pdf	result.pdf

📒 TODO

• Finish ready-to-use question sets.
• Send files to Slack.