Projects

Front End

React Hook Form - ReactHookFormFields/SelectBox.js

What I did:
- Learned and created a proof of concept using a dynamic library to create forms with React Hook Forms, replacing Formik.
- Found unconventional ways to make forms and components work as per end-user requests (e.g., submitting a form via a button in a modal produced
  by a parent component, using controlled Material UI fields in forms designed for uncontrolled fields).

Material Table - assessmentresultstable.js

What I did:
- Created a custom search function component using React Hook Forms.
- Developed an async search and load function that prevented the entire table from re-rendering.
Challenges:
- Displaying Material UI chips with assessment names under the table upon selection.
- Implemented a custom “select all” function that only selects items on the current page, preserving selections across pages but resetting on
  further pagination.

Dynamic Ellipsis Component - ellipsismodifier.js

What it does:
- Adds an ellipsis based on text length or dynamically adds one when text overflows a div. Adjusts ellipsis on page resize.

Date Range Picker - presetdaterangepicker.js

What I did:
- Customized an existing React date range picker to work with the advanced search form I created.
Challenges:
- Found it difficult to match the designer’s expectations, as their example used an old jQuery date picker.

What it does:
- Displays a tooltip only when text is truncated due to the screen size.

HOC for PowerPoint Creation

What I did:
- Created a higher-order component to generate a PowerPoint presentation from a table using JavaScript and React.

Barcode Scanner for Web App Input

What I did:
- Created a custom React TypeScript hook to listen for barcode input from a hand scanner.
Challenges:
- Differentiating between keyboard input and barcode scanner input.

Backend

Pulling Images and PDFs from S3 Bucket for Email Attachment

What I did:
- Retrieved images from an S3 bucket and attached them to an email sent using Postmark.
Challenges:
- Needed to access files while the authorization token was still valid, then send them to a JMS queue for email attachment processing.

Testing GORM and Hibernate Queries

What I did:
- Researched Hibernate and GORM documentation and came up with a method to mock Hibernate datastore and PlatformTransactionManager.

Configuring a Plugin to Create Multiple Domain Objects

What I did:
- Configure a plugin to create multiple fully qualified domain objects simultaneously.

Integration with Office 365 for Assessment Scheduling

What I did:
- Integrated scheduled assessments with both interviewers’ and interviewees’ Outlook calendars.

Async Service for Batch Role Changes

What I did:
- Created an async service to process batch role changes for users.
Role Comparison Example:
- Comparing role groups

Optimized Search Functionality

What I did:
- Limited database calls to optimize search functionality across multiple columns.

Elastic Search - Fuzzy Search Capability

What I did:
- Implemented fuzzy search capabilities using ElasticSearch.

Optimized SQL Queries Using HQL

What I did:
- Using HQL and Gorm I created abstract classes to search multiple columns for data, and bind the return to an object

Used Spring Tansactiona Status to create my own Rollback

What I did:
- Created a batch delete, for deleting a group associated with users
Challenges:
- Spring rollback was causing issues due to the nature of deleting, needed to manually trigger

Using Micronaut to Create Microservices

Things I Enjoy

Finding Quirky, Unorthodox Ways to Use a Language

Setting custom validity for a form field:

  e.target.setCustomValidity('invalid');

Programmatically setting HTML in a string for React:

  dangerouslySetInnerHTML

  {__html: '<p>' + result?.themeSummary + '. <i>*Theme Of Significance.</i></p>'}
  <Tooltip title={<div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={modifiedToolTip}/>} childrenDisplayStyle="inline">

Custom Enum Checks:

Instead of using try/catch for key validation, created a utility:

  AssessmentPurpose
  .getEnumConstants()
  .find { it.key.equalsIgnoreCase("extrn") }?.value

Get Enum by Value:

  FitStatement.getEnumConstants()
      .find { (it.value == member.result) }?.match ?: member.result

Pad a string to a certain length with spaces in Java:
```
    String padded=String.format("%-20s",str);
```

Dev Questions

What do you use to handle security?
Anything for database migrations?
What is your preferred environment?
What upcoming features or new technology are you excited about implementing?
Describe a recent serious outage and how it was resolved.
How does your expense policy & process work?
How much attrition has the team, and the wider department, had in the last 12-18 months?
What budget will I have for continuing professional development? Any restrictions?
What is the best and worst thing about working here?
Describe a recent interpersonal conflict within the team, and how it was handled.
How much time does the team get for a) technical debt reduction and b) research projects per quarter?
Describe a recent prioritization conflict (e.g., between the team & PM or different stakeholders). How was it resolved?