Azure for Developers

Azure Assessment Test: How it is structured and how it can help you hire your best candidate

You can use this test to assess your candidates that you plan to hire whether full-time or part-time, freelance, or 3rd party agencies. It is structured intricately to help you handpick strong candidates regardless of the number of candidates that you have to screen.

The chapters and areas in the Azure assessment test were carefully designed in a way that the results of the assessment test will give you a comprehensive overview of the candidate you’re testing. It will help you identify their strong and weak points that will not just tell you if you have a strong candidate or not but will also give you the advantage to make an informed hiring decision.

By using our Azure assessment test, not only do you find strong candidates but you find them faster as well.

Which use cases can customers have for this test? / Who can users use the test?

Azure is one of the most used cloud platforms in the world and it has an incredibly wide range of services and uses cases so that you can use to create and run any kind of application.

This test is designed to gauge the breadth and depth of the knowledge and skills of developers that work with Azure. It covers a wide range of Azure services and cloud-specific paradigms and problems that can tell you if the developer is experienced in working with Azure.

You can use the test to hire developers that can help you to build and run applications in Azure or migrate applications to Azure.

Which areas (chapters) will be covered in the test, and why was it chosen that way?

Developing applications in Azure
This chapter covers a breadth of services that any candidate should know about. It tests basic knowledge of Azure development and tests the depth of knowledge on specific areas as well. This chapter tests candidates on knowledge that they need to possess around scaling applications, working with mobile services, working with Web Apps, Function Apps and APIs and more.

Storing data in Azure
Storage is a fundamental building block of any Azure applications. This chapter tests the candidates on specific knowledge around developing applications that work with various Azure storage services.

Securing applications and data in Azure
Building secure applications are essential, regardless if you are working in the cloud or not. Azure poses specific security considerations for developers. Any proficient Azure developer needs to have broad and deep knowledge of the security mechanisms that are available. This chapter tests candidates on how well they create secure applications in Azure.

Monitoring and troubleshooting applications in Azure
Developers spend most of their time troubleshooting applications. Therefore, it is vital that candidates know how to use the monitoring capabilities of Azure and how to troubleshoot applications in Azure.