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 #### How will I be evaluated?
 
 Some of the things we will look at in our evaluation:
+- **Functional correctness** - Does the solution function correctly and meet the requirements of the User Stories.
 - **Code quality** - How you reason about making sure code is readable and maintainable.
 - **Testing** - How you reason about what to test and how to test it.
 - **Performance** - How you can identify performance bottlenecks and reason around solving them.
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 In this we also try to understand how you solve problems generally and how you communicate your solutions. Problem solving and communication are both things we value highly.
 
+Finally, we encourage candidates to focus on quality over quantity. Feel free to add notes/comments/etc highlighting what you would expand or improve given more time.
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 #### Why did you pick this stack?
 This is the stack that the majority of our platform is written in.