{
  "context": "This evaluation assesses the engineer's ability to use the cron package's immediate execution on initialization feature (runOnInit parameter) combined with basic job scheduling to build a synchronization system that executes tasks both immediately at startup and on a regular schedule.",
  "type": "weighted_checklist",
  "checklist": [
    {
      "name": "CronJob instantiation",
      "description": "Uses the CronJob class (or CronJob.from() factory method) from the cron package to create a scheduled job",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "runOnInit parameter",
      "description": "Correctly uses the runOnInit constructor parameter set to true to trigger immediate execution upon job initialization",
      "max_score": 40
    },
    {
      "name": "Cron expression",
      "description": "Provides a valid cron expression (e.g., '*/30 * * * * *' for every 30 seconds) as the cronTime parameter to schedule recurring executions",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "onTick callback",
      "description": "Implements the onTick callback parameter that performs the synchronization operation (writing to sync-log.txt)",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "Job control",
      "description": "Uses the start() method to begin job execution and provides the stop() method for graceful shutdown",
      "max_score": 15
    }
  ]
}