CareerCup

What’s a feature you’d love to add to our product? (~1-3 sentences)

What’s one thing that excites you and one thing that bothers you
about the tech industry? (~2-4 sentences)

What were some characteristics of your favorite or ideal group of
people to work with? (~1-3 sentences)

What's the most helpful feedback you've ever gotten about yourself?
(~1-3 sentences)

What personality traits do you butt heads with? (~1-3 sentences)

What is idempotence and why is it useful for API design? (~2-6
sentences)

Looking at this function, what bugs do you see or concerns do you have
about its functionality? You can assume the models are correctly
{{defined, the schema is correct, etc. (~1-3 sentences)
def send_email_to_user_once!(to_user_id:, type:, subject:, body:)
user = User.find(to_user_id)
return if UserEmailLog.where(user_id: user.user_id, email: type).exists?
send_email(to: user.email, subject: subject, body: body)
UserEmailLog.create!(user_id: user.user_id, email: type)
end
def send_email(to:, subject:, body:)
# Makes a blocking network request to Amazon Simple Email Sender
# to send an email. Returns nothing in all cases.
# See this link for more info if you need it.
end}}

What does this Javascript ES6 function do and how is it useful? If you
had to give the function a name, what would it be? (~1-2 sentences)
{{
function operate(l, s, callback) {
a = s
for (let i = 0; i < l.length; i++) {
a = callback(a, l[i])
}
return a
}
}}

Your uncle grew up without a computer, grabs a fly swatter when he
hears the word “bug,” and still insists on faxing you things. How would
you explain the concept of an API to him, keeping in mind that most
technical terms will likely be foreign to him? (~2-12 sentences)