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I've seen this posting many times over the last year. This role seems like it would be very desirable for a large portion of the HN crowd, so I am curious: are you having difficulty filling a single role, or are you continuously growing the team?

>>Kon-Pe+(OP)
I'm curious about this, and also how hard of a requirement C++ experience is.

>>Kon-Pe+(OP)
As someone who's applied before, you really need to know C. The first phase of the process is essentially a code comprehension exercise followed by a simple programming exercise. I think they're looking primarily for candidates with kernel/wine programming experience.

>>Kon-Pe+(OP)
The vast majority of HN seems to be web programmers and devops. Which is also the vast majority of the market, so it makes sense. Working on WINE is a more like a classic OS development role, which is a very different skillset.

>>recfab+Nt
They don't list C++ on the page. Do you mean C? You will need C experience:

> Strong C language skills. Compilers, linkers, macros and function pointers don't scare you.

>>KerrAv+NU
Yes, I meant C. Reading too quickly I guess.

>>Kon-Pe+(OP)
The are almost across the street from me and I would love to work there but I don't have the skills the they are looking for. I think few do.

>>Kon-Pe+(OP)
I applied months ago and was skeptical of their process. Their filter is a take-home test involving a code review and a simple algorithm problem. Neither is particularly hard, but I did poorly because I didn't realize they were grading it on a point-system by comparing it to an answer key. If you have a typo or do something differently than their key, you lose points. Lose a few points and you're out.

Honestly, it reminded me of someone trying to hire an author by giving them a spelling test.

>>cthrow+Es1
I'm curious, did they give you details about the way it was graded?