Tech Interview Gauntlet

I recently reflected on a property shared in common by 2 of the most famous contemporary Americans:

They have both hosted reality TV shows (The Apprentice & Fear Factor respectively).

So I thought, with vague ambitions of fame of my own, what reality show could I host?

This is the premise I dreamt up for such a reality show:

Specs

Intro the host
- Social proof of some kind?
Explain the format
- “You will be tasked with implementing a piece of software”
- “You will be measured by the number of tests that start out failing but by implementing the software you make them pass”
- “The person with the most passing tests at the end wins!”
Intro the contestants
- For contestant in contestants:
  - Typing at keyboard
  - Crossed arms
  - Bottom third title text/motion graphics
  - “What attracted you to software engineering?”
Let’s get started! But before we do, let’s introduce our judges(?)/color commentators
- for commentator in commentators:
  - “Sally is Engineering Manager at AirBnB where she leads the iOS team”
  - “Ben is Distinguished Engineer at Google, working on search engines”
  - “Harrison is Engineering Manager at Lyft, developing the ride-share algorithm”
Here is today’s prize:
- 1x $150,000 salary job at Company X
- [Or 1x $20,000 cash money?]
Today’s challenge, brought to you by {LeetCode, Interviewing.io, InterviewCake}
- Your task will be to proceed through each of the coding problems and get the test passing
- Code Golf? [Github]
Round 1 (elimination)
- Review the results
Round 2 (1 on 1)
Announce the winner
- Cut from winner celebrating with judges/color commentators
“Thanks for joining us on Tech Interview Gauntlet–see you next time!”

Still figuring that out in the midst of a global pandemic!

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