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  • The assignment guidelines did give some leeway on additional features. I provided options to display sorted and unsorted results since loading a ListBox with 100,000 values is not a fast process. If this were an actual project, I would probably take the fully allotted time. Obviously, bug-free and implementing 100% of spec is first priority. In an actual project, you wouldn't go crazy with new or unsolicited features. Commented Jul 17, 2011 at 13:19
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    @iAbstract - If you are going to add an additional feature, I'd add paging to limit the results to N items starting from the Mth page of N items. That said, I think it's still better to give a 100% solution designed so that it would be easy to add your additional ideas without actually doing them. Commented Jul 17, 2011 at 15:16
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    @IAbstract: "In an actual project, you wouldn't go crazy with new or unsolicited features" and so you shouldn't in an interview assignment, because that might convey that you are a developer that freely extends the spec to his liking. Your idea of identifying possible improvements, whether in a todo list or some other format, is the way to go. Commented Jul 17, 2011 at 16:20
  • @Mark: I thought of the paging idea ...no doubt. It has been included on my project Fact Sheet: Enhancement Recommendations. Commented Jul 17, 2011 at 16:34