Test Driven Recruitment

I need to hire some Rails developers at Lumos Labs, so I decided to write a spec for the position:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/eng/646385102.html

require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'

describe Developer do
  before(:each) do
    @developer = Developer.new(ideal_developer_qualities_ hash)
  end

  it "should test drive" do
    @developer.should be_test_driven
  end

  it "should know rails 2.x" do
    @developer.experience.should include(:rails2)
  end

  it "should know REST patterns" do
    @developer.experience.should include(:rest)
  end

  it "should use selenium" do
    @developer.experience.should include(:selenium)
  end

  it "should use capistrano" do
    @developer.experience.should include(:capistrano)
  end

  it "should receive competitive compensation" do
    @developer.should respond_to(:competitive_compensation)
  end

  it "should like brains" do
    @developer.should be_familiar_with('www.lumosity.com')
  end
end

I know the 'it' thing seems a bit odd, that's just how rspec works. I could have created a new dsl but then he_or_she looked dumb too. I was tempted to add an "it puts the lotion in the basket" but figured that would be just a tad too creepy for a job listing.

Comments

[Tim Dysinger]

Hey dav, haven't talked to you in a while. See you at rails conf again ?

http://github.com/dysinger/luminocity-interview/commit/46d7709438c8182f557c6776ccd04c6b9a4f95b8

http://github.com/dysinger/luminocity-interview/commit/46d7709438c8182f557c6776ccd04c6b9a4f95b8

http://github.com/dysinger/luminocity-interview/commit/9114168384d20134d9987cf1f7659a374d1babfc

I am not looking for work. I just saw your post and thought it was fun.

[dav]

Ha, thanks for the refactorings :) ...Although I'd have to disagree with the second one, being clear trumps DRY in tests. First and third are dead on though. Yep, I'll be at Rails Conf again, see you there!