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Hyphen SDET Candidate Interview Questions

Welcome!

The questions below are about code comprehension and testing, and will be the only non-behavioral phase of the interview process.

Good luck! 😄

Question 1

Given the following code, answer the questions below.

function add(numbers: string): number {
    let integers = numbers.split(',').map(x => parseInt(x));
    let negatives = integers.filter(x => x < 0);
 
    if (negatives.length > 0)
        throw new RangeError('Negatives are not allowed: ' + negatives.join(', '));
 
    return integers
        .filter(x => x <= 1000)
        .reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
}
 
let result = add('1, 2, 4, 5');
console.log(result);

• What does this code do?

• What kind of test would be good to test this functionality and why?

• What might that test look like?

Question 2

Given the following code, answer the questions below.

import time

def compute(x):
    response = expensive_api_call()
    return response + x


def expensive_api_call():
    time.sleep(1000) # takes 1,000 seconds to run
    return 123

def test_compute():
    expected = 124
    actual = compute(1)
    assert expected == actual

• What does the test in this code do?

• What is the problem with the test and how could it be resolved?

• Assume the code was kept as is. If it relies on a call to an API available on the same machine that must be present for the test to run, what would you call this kind of test?

• Assume the code was kept as is. Would this test be a better candidate for running on a local machine or in a continuous integration pipeline and why?

Question 3

// This is using the `Cypress` framework
describe('Find author at articles.com', () => {
    beforeEach(() => {
        cy.visit('/');
    });

    it('Find the author Steve Austin', () => {
        cy.get('#js-search-input').type('Steve Austin');

        cy.get('h2 > a').first().click();

        cy.get('.author-post__author-title').click();

        cy.contains('.author__title', 'Steve Austin').should('be.visible');
    });
});

• What does the test in this code do?

• What kind of test is this considered?