Threshold Challenges

There are a lot of developers on Upwork. Like any market, there are a lot of good ones, and even more bad ones. It's important to be able to quickly identify the bad ones so that you don't waste your time.

The threshold challenge is designed to be a very quick test. Upwork doesn't like what they consider to be unpaid work in job posts, and we need to be careful not to require too much of a time investment.

What we're looking for in this challenge is whether or not the candidate can follow instructions and is not inexperienced.

Here is a good example of a threshold challenge that addresses these attributes: Threshold Challenge