I’ve been thinking for a few years now about what the simplest, least effort and most discuss-able interview process might be for technical people. ‘Technical people’ means anyone whose job it is to write code and build systems. What about this?

• Explain how the internet works. Go into the level of detail you’re comfortable with
• Write a useful program (that runs on a computer) in less than 50 lines. Use any language of your choice, use any resource you like (e.g. Google, ChatGPT)

Dry Ark: the company with your terms on your conditions.