nus-se-bot
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2 years ago Team's Response
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N11_code, there are abbreviated 3 digit valid telephone numbers eg. 911. While this is unlikely to be used for normal recruiting needs, we made our application as accommodating as possible for all use cases.
Moreover, certain islands and territories like Saint Helena and Niue have 4 digit valid phone numbers.
Hence, we feel that 3 was the correct minimum number of digits for a phone number.
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- [x] I disagree
Reason for disagreement: I believe that the 3-digit valid telephone numbers (911, 811, etc) will never be used by recruiting and hiring managers for candidate tracking. The minimal condition to be just 3 digits is definitely not ideal.
As this application can be used by international people (possibly looking to hire remote workers), the constraints on phone numbers have to be really specific (possibly need to add country code). Yes, Saint Helena and Niue may have 4 digit valid phone numbers, but this brings up another problem.
Saint Helena and Niue have 4-digit valid phone numbers. If somehow 2 phone numbers are the same (e.g a Saint Helena phone number is 8818 and a Niue phone number is 8818), how do we differentiate these? There will be no way of differentiating these 2 phone numbers. Possibly a solution to this is to allow country codes in phone number inputs, or storing the country of residence of the person.
As a result, the minimal condition is definitely not suitable for the purpose of this application. In this case, it is definitely not ideal for the minimal condition to be just 3 digits. I believe a Low or Medium severity is suitable for this bug.
The phone number field for candidates requires a minimum of 3 digits, which is not ideal. Ideally, it should be greater than 3 digits (e.g. Singapore's is 8 digits).