biven/coding-challenge-backend

Backend coding challenge for engineers applying at AM Software

AM Coding Challenge - Backend (Flask)

The case study: Application review

Reviewing applications is one of the key activities, when starting a new project. To takle that challenge, BP ACCELERATOR Inc. wants to provide an API, via which applicant can hand in their application with past project experience.

The software stores the data in a data base and generates a document, so the application can be reviewed by the HR department

Product Requirements

As an applicant at BP ACCELERATOR Inc.,

• I want to provide my application via a REST-API, with the following data:
  • my work e-mail address
  • a name
  • a github user
  • past projects (min 1)
• for each past project I want to provide
  • name of the project
  • employment mode (options: freelance / employed)
  • capacity (options: part-time / full-time)
  • duration in months (allow to provide weeks)
  • start year
  • role
  • team size (number)
  • link to the repository (optional)
  • link to the live url (optional)

As an application reviewer at BP ACCELERATOR Inc.,

• I want to see an overview of all applications in the database
• I want that when new data for an e-mail address is provided, all old data is automatically deleted
• I want to easily generate and download a PDF document, that lists the data provided from the applicant
  • the PDF contains the GitHub profile image of the applicant (API)

Your Mission

Create a Flask application that satisfies all must-have requirements above, plus any nice-to-have requirements you wish to include.

For that, you'll need to provide a REST-API, set up a database and generate a PDF document, that contains the applicants data.

You can use any boilerplate/approach you prefer, but try to keep it simple. We encourage you to use your favorite tools and packages to build a solid Flask application.

You don't have to host your service publicly, but feel free to do that. Please include a description in the README.md how to run the project locally and provide us a well done description for the API.

The final delivery must be running with Docker.

Instructions

• Fork this repo
• The challenge is on!
• Build a performant, clean and well-structured solution
• Commit early and often. We want to be able to check your progress
• Please complete your working solution within 2 days of receiving this challenge, and be sure to notify us with a link to your repo, when it is ready for review.
• additionally to the solution, please hand-in the PDF document, filled with your actual project experience

Happy coding!

License

We have licensed this project under the MIT license so that you may use this for a portfolio piece (or anything else!).