We’re looking to hire a front-end developer with experience with the Hubspot website builder. I need to compile a testing scenario to provide to potential candidates so that we can assess their skills.
My question is this: What is the simplest way to provide (or ask candidates to set up) a Hubspot website environment wherein they can complete the tasks?
We don’t want to provide them access to our own account, and I know there is a free account option but, after going through the setup process myself today, I worry that it’s too many hoops for a candidate to jump through.
P.S. Any scenario suggestions/resources would also be appreciated.
Hi @MattOnce the best option is to have them create a HubSpot Developer account - it’s a sandbox that allows them access to all the necessary dev tools:
You might also review the CMS for Developers certification for ideas regarding what skills to assess.
Every team member of mine got it’s own Sandbox from within an API sandbox. In this the team member can do (almost) everything he/she wants since everybody got super-admin rights.
In a hiring process I’ll create a dev sandbox from within this API sandbox for the applicant but with a slightly different naming.
While every dev-account/sandbox from a team member is called something like “Member | NAME” the hiring ones are called “Hiring | NAME”. By doing so it’s easy to differentiate between member and applicant.
Before I invite the applicant to the portal I upload a readme.md to the design-manager/-tools and readme.pdf to the file-manager with the task(s) and some resource links. The tasks may vary(cms/crm) but something that is always required is:
inbound marketing certification
cms for developer I certification
cms for marketers certification
Inbound Marketing cert for understanding what’s the “core” behind HubSpot
CMS for developer I cert for getting the bare minimum knowledge about Hubl
CMS for marketers cert to get an understanding how a marketer uses HubSpot
I give them as much time as they want but everybody should know/understand that if an applicant needs 2 weeks for the tasks he/she will have a hard time copeting with other applicants. So most results are coming in after 2-3 days.
Since you’re looking for a front-end dev I’d give him/her a task like:
“Here’s an Adobe XD/Figma wireframe of a page/template. Set up a theme(you can use either a boilerplate or the one from the developer certification as a starting point). Create a hero with XYZ, module(s) YZX and the template. It should work on mobile(breaking-point: 480px), tablet(breaking-point:992px) and everything above. The look and feel is completly up-to-you”
If the applicant is a rookie you can define the requirements a lot more like
“The header should have an image select option, a h-tag select option, an optional subline…”
The task is up to you but I wouldn’t recommend to do it as entry-level as possible since it might lead to misconceptions from the applicants side which isn’t good either.
p.s: I add the “the look and feel is up to you” everytime. By doing so I can check this person about his/her design skills(which shouldn’t be underestimated as a developer)