[Feature Request] Coding Interviews

[j4qfrost]

Virtual dating is now all the rage with lockdowns the way they are. I would like to propose an online dating feature, where a coding problem is sent to one person and the other person is designated as the "interviewer".

Benefits:

• Assesses communication skills
• Validates coding prowess over copy pasta
• Preps for real interviews and allows people to be in the interview seat
• Creates content that you can display on your profile with a "blue checkmark" verifying that you wrote the code under stress

Modifications to the app:

• Database of questions
• Timer?
• UI changes to initiate coding interview date
• Shared coding environment (embed third party in a webview?)

Not doing:

• Voip should be at the discretion of the pair

I'm willing to contribute to this feature, but I need to find some time. I am currently working on other things. Feel free to start without me. I will join later.

[unDeadHerbs]

I like this as an idea; but, it's big enough to be its own app.

This would require:

• Safely running the code (mostly a problem on mobile)
• Automated testing of the submission or evaluation by the "interviewer"
• Maybe calendar integration, particularly if a full interview is desired.
• Probably more things

This might be best accomplished by just managing the questions and helping set up a virtual meeting through another service. Then, the interviewee would be responsible for being able to run code on their own system. A combination of screen sharing and sending the solution code back to the interviewer would be enough if the number of applicable applicants is small.

[j4qfrost]

I think the feature should be restricted to VScode to begin with. I did a little digging and it looks like Leetcode has a VScode extension already that is under the MIT license, so integrating it into the codebase is possible but making clean might be difficult. That handles the environment and code validation.