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Interview hack – An Open Source Github Extension for Chrome

33 points by ukd1 13y ago

ukd1 13y ago
We wrote a Chrome extension for Github; It allows quick viewing and navigation to your repos, viewing your issues and creating new issues. It uses OAuth2 and is open source!
- stephen_mcd 13y ago
  Why does it need write access to my GitHub account?
  - ukd1 13y ago
    So you can create new issues :-) If you don't like it having that, you can review the source and check it - we don't send it anywhere, the token stays in your browsers local storage!
    - stephen_mcd 13y ago
      Makes sense. Thanks.
- cocoflunchy 13y ago
  Can you elaborate on the interview part? I'm not sure I get it :/
  - kevingibbon 13y ago
    They got the interviewee to write this browser extension as part of the interview. Smart.
  - ukd1 13y ago
    I really should do a blog post about it - a short version is that we; 1. Quick technical screen via phone which filters > 90% of devs :( 2. Phone interview for work history / explanation of what we do / etc 3. Lunch / coffee 4. Hack for a day / half-day with the team on something completely new
    - FajitaNachos 13y ago
      As someone who has started looking for jobs recently, that sounds like a great way to hire people. It gives you a chance to interact with the candidate and see how they work. As a shameless plug, I also wrote a Chrome extension for GitHub. It lets you commit changes from Chrome Dev Tools to GitHub. It unfortunately took me a lot longer than half a day. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hotfix/bfmckmhcljhakgkngnfjhmmffaabdafi?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hotfix/bfmckmhcljh... On GitHub https://github.com/FajitaNachos/hotfix https://github.com/FajitaNachos/hotfix
    - preya2k 13y ago
      So for which company did the author of the extension apply? I guess it was a full day hack?
      - FajitaNachos 13y ago
        You can find it on their GitHub page. Looks like it might have been these guys https://www.rainforestqa.com/ https://www.rainforestqa.com/
shacharz 13y ago
how come it's faster than just having github bookmarked?
- pepunkt 13y ago
  .this +1

33 points by ukd1 13y ago

ukd1 13y ago

We wrote a Chrome extension for Github; It allows quick viewing and navigation to your repos, viewing your issues and creating new issues. It uses OAuth2 and is open source!

stephen_mcd 13y ago
Why does it need write access to my GitHub account?
- ukd1 13y ago
  So you can create new issues :-) If you don't like it having that, you can review the source and check it - we don't send it anywhere, the token stays in your browsers local storage!
  - stephen_mcd 13y ago
    Makes sense. Thanks.
cocoflunchy 13y ago
Can you elaborate on the interview part? I'm not sure I get it :/
- kevingibbon 13y ago
  They got the interviewee to write this browser extension as part of the interview. Smart.
- ukd1 13y ago
  I really should do a blog post about it - a short version is that we; 1. Quick technical screen via phone which filters > 90% of devs :( 2. Phone interview for work history / explanation of what we do / etc 3. Lunch / coffee 4. Hack for a day / half-day with the team on something completely new
  - FajitaNachos 13y ago
    As someone who has started looking for jobs recently, that sounds like a great way to hire people. It gives you a chance to interact with the candidate and see how they work. As a shameless plug, I also wrote a Chrome extension for GitHub. It lets you commit changes from Chrome Dev Tools to GitHub. It unfortunately took me a lot longer than half a day. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hotfix/bfmckmhcljhakgkngnfjhmmffaabdafi?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hotfix/bfmckmhcljh... On GitHub https://github.com/FajitaNachos/hotfix https://github.com/FajitaNachos/hotfix
  - preya2k 13y ago
    So for which company did the author of the extension apply? I guess it was a full day hack?
    - FajitaNachos 13y ago
      You can find it on their GitHub page. Looks like it might have been these guys https://www.rainforestqa.com/ https://www.rainforestqa.com/

shacharz 13y ago

how come it's faster than just having github bookmarked?

pepunkt 13y ago
.this +1