Using the Assessment Workspace
- Seth Petry-Johnson
Thanks for your interest in Heuristic Solutions! Our technical assessments are also available on GitHub, and you’re welcome to take that path if you have a development machine that’s ready to go.
But if you don’t have a development environment suitable for the assessment that you’ve been directed to take, then you can use our “desktop in the cloud” instead. This AWS Workspace has all of the tools installed, so all you need to do is focus on showing us what you can do!
Getting started
You should be provided instructions for accessing your assessment workspace by the person that interviewed you.
You will need these things:
Item | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Workspaces Client for your computer | Available for PC, Mac, even mobile devices |
| 2 | A registration code | Use SLiad+PRE57Q unless you are told otherwise |
| 3 | AWS credentials | We will assign you a temporary account via email. |
Setting up the client
When you first start the Workspaces Client, you’ll be asked for a registration code. Use the one provided above, unless you are told differently by your hiring manager.
Logging in
Log into the Workspace client using the credentials provided to you.
You should land in a Windows desktop that looks like this:
Getting started
There is a “START HERE” shortcut on the desktop. Double click it to open Chrome to the onboarding page.
From here you can pick an assessment to take and then follow the on-screen instructions.
Submitting your work
Each assessment includes its own instructions, but in most cases you can just leave your work as-is on the workspace, and we can sign in and look at it from there.