Interviews/Specialty Stacks/Laravel Developer

Hire Laravel Developers
who actually ship Laravel that survives the audit

With EasyEnv we build a fit test for the role. Use it to cut the noise at the top of the funnel, or to go deep on the candidates who matter.

You can even evaluate how this person works with AI. So you hire the engineer who can ship, not the one who looks good in a slide.

Laravel 11EloquentLivewire · InertiaQueues · HorizonLive or take-home

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Real Linux VM

Not a sandbox

systemd, kernel, full toolchain

Browser-based

Zero install for candidates

One link and they are in

Auto-graded

Pass / fail checks per challenge

Plus the full session replay

A great Laravel developer treats Eloquent as a tool, not a shortcut. The good ones reach for query builder when Eloquent is the wrong fit, design queues with idempotency, and ship Livewire that scales with the team. EasyEnv hands the candidate a real Laravel app with an Eloquent N+1 in a Livewire component.

Inside a live interview

What you see when they work.

Real Laravel app, real Eloquent, every keystroke recorded.

billing-api

AMS

Billing-api

src

billing.py

auth.py

models.py

tests

test_billing.pyM

test_auth.py

pyproject.toml

README.md

Pybilling.py

from decimal import Decimal

def calculate_total(items: list[dict]) -> Decimal:

# Sum line totals using Decimal for currency precision

total = Decimal("0")

for item in items:

total += Decimal(str(item["price"])) * item["qty"]

return total

candidate@laravel-workspace:~

alice@dev:~/billing-api$

● mainPython 3.12

Claude · ready

Claude

You

Refactor calculate_total to use Decimal for currency math, and add a test.

Claude

Ask Claude...

Mike

Sam

How it works

Three steps. Zero infra to maintain.

Pick the fit test

Use a ready-made challenge or ask us to build one for your stack. Live, take-home, or both.

Send one link

The candidate clicks. A full Linux workspace boots in their browser. No installs, no VPN, no zoom-share.

Review at 2x

Replay the session, read the auto-graded checks, and decide. Most reviews take under five minutes.

The problem

Why hiring a Laravel Developer is hard.

Laravel feels easy and rewards Eloquent depth. The interview has to find it.

Queues are where data goes silently wrong.

Livewire versus Inertia versus Blade-only is a real architectural choice.

Static analysis (Larastan, Psalm) discipline separates engineers.

The fit test

What we measure for a Laravel Developer.

Every area runs inside a real production-like workspace. The candidate works in a browser, the session records itself.

Eloquent discipline

A list view with N+1 across two relationships. They fix with with().

Service container

A god service. They split with bindings.

Queues and jobs

A non-idempotent job. They add ShouldBeUnique or a guard.

Livewire and Alpine

A Livewire component that re-renders the page. They scope to wire:model.

Eloquent vs query builder

A heavy report. They drop down to DB::table cleanly.

AI collaboration

Allow AI for refactors and grade whether they ran Pest after.

The stack we put in front of them.

Real tools, pre-installed, accessible from the workspace terminal.

Laravel 11EloquentPHP 8.3Livewire 3InertiaFilamentTailwindPestPHPUnitHorizonQueuesSanctumOctaneLarastanPulse

Sample challenges

What a Laravel Developer interview looks like.

Pick from our library or ask us to build a challenge for your stack. Each one is a real workspace, not a snippet.

Challenge 01

The list with two N+1

Scenario

A Livewire table loading orders, lines and customers. The query log explodes.

What you learn

Whether they use with() nested and pick eager vs lazy correctly.

In the workspace

$ ls challenges/

workspace, runbook.md, README.md

candidate has:

· a real Linux box in the browser
· kubectl, docker, terraform, jq, yq
· cluster, repo and cloud creds pre-wired
· auto-checks running in the background

interviewer sees:

· every keystroke + every command
· terminal + screen recording
· auto-graded pass/fail per check

AI in the loop

Score the engineer, and how they work with AI.

AI writes Laravel that calls $model->relation in a loop. EasyEnv records prompts so you see whether the candidate counted queries after the LLM-suggested change.

Allow or block AI per question, not per interview

Full prompt and response history replayed in the review

Score "verifies AI output" as a separate signal

Ready to hire a Laravel Developer who ships?

Set up your first interview in under an hour. We will help you build a fit test for this role on your stack.

Request a Demo Create a Free Account

Role FAQ

Hiring a Laravel Developer, answered.

Yes. Filament can be pre-loaded with a representative resource.

Yes. Swoole or RoadRunner can be wired with state-handling pitfalls in scope.

No. The workspace runs in their browser. Terminal, editor, ports and dashboards are all served from the EasyEnv workspace, so candidate setup is zero.

Each challenge has automated checks (did the service come back, did the test pass, did the right log message appear) plus a recording your team can replay. Most reviews take under five minutes.

Yes. AI access is a per-interview setting. Block it for fundamentals, then allow it later in the loop to assess AI collaboration separately.

Interviews/Specialty Stacks/Laravel Developer

Hire Laravel Developers
who actually ship Laravel that survives the audit

With EasyEnv we build a fit test for the role. Use it to cut the noise at the top of the funnel, or to go deep on the candidates who matter.

You can even evaluate how this person works with AI. So you hire the engineer who can ship, not the one who looks good in a slide.

Laravel 11EloquentLivewire · InertiaQueues · HorizonLive or take-home

Request a Demo Create a Free Account

Real Linux VM

Not a sandbox

systemd, kernel, full toolchain

Browser-based

Zero install for candidates

One link and they are in

Auto-graded

Pass / fail checks per challenge

Plus the full session replay

Inside a live interview

What you see when they work.

Real Laravel app, real Eloquent, every keystroke recorded.

billing-api

AMS

Billing-api

src

billing.py

auth.py

models.py

tests

test_billing.pyM

test_auth.py

pyproject.toml

README.md

Pybilling.py

from decimal import Decimal

def calculate_total(items: list[dict]) -> Decimal:

# Sum line totals using Decimal for currency precision

total = Decimal("0")

for item in items:

total += Decimal(str(item["price"])) * item["qty"]

return total

candidate@laravel-workspace:~

alice@dev:~/billing-api$

● mainPython 3.12

Claude · ready

Claude

You

Refactor calculate_total to use Decimal for currency math, and add a test.

Claude

Ask Claude...

Mike

Sam

How it works

Three steps. Zero infra to maintain.

Pick the fit test

Use a ready-made challenge or ask us to build one for your stack. Live, take-home, or both.

Send one link

The candidate clicks. A full Linux workspace boots in their browser. No installs, no VPN, no zoom-share.

Review at 2x

Replay the session, read the auto-graded checks, and decide. Most reviews take under five minutes.

The problem

Why hiring a Laravel Developer is hard.

Laravel feels easy and rewards Eloquent depth. The interview has to find it.

Queues are where data goes silently wrong.

Livewire versus Inertia versus Blade-only is a real architectural choice.

Static analysis (Larastan, Psalm) discipline separates engineers.

The fit test

What we measure for a Laravel Developer.

Every area runs inside a real production-like workspace. The candidate works in a browser, the session records itself.

Eloquent discipline

A list view with N+1 across two relationships. They fix with with().

Service container

A god service. They split with bindings.

Queues and jobs

A non-idempotent job. They add ShouldBeUnique or a guard.

Livewire and Alpine

A Livewire component that re-renders the page. They scope to wire:model.

Eloquent vs query builder

A heavy report. They drop down to DB::table cleanly.

AI collaboration

Allow AI for refactors and grade whether they ran Pest after.

The stack we put in front of them.

Real tools, pre-installed, accessible from the workspace terminal.

Laravel 11EloquentPHP 8.3Livewire 3InertiaFilamentTailwindPestPHPUnitHorizonQueuesSanctumOctaneLarastanPulse

Sample challenges

What a Laravel Developer interview looks like.

Pick from our library or ask us to build a challenge for your stack. Each one is a real workspace, not a snippet.

Challenge 01

The list with two N+1

Scenario

A Livewire table loading orders, lines and customers. The query log explodes.

What you learn

Whether they use with() nested and pick eager vs lazy correctly.

In the workspace

$ ls challenges/

workspace, runbook.md, README.md

candidate has:

· a real Linux box in the browser
· kubectl, docker, terraform, jq, yq
· cluster, repo and cloud creds pre-wired
· auto-checks running in the background

interviewer sees:

· every keystroke + every command
· terminal + screen recording
· auto-graded pass/fail per check

AI in the loop

Score the engineer, and how they work with AI.

AI writes Laravel that calls $model->relation in a loop. EasyEnv records prompts so you see whether the candidate counted queries after the LLM-suggested change.

Allow or block AI per question, not per interview

Full prompt and response history replayed in the review

Score "verifies AI output" as a separate signal

Ready to hire a Laravel Developer who ships?

Set up your first interview in under an hour. We will help you build a fit test for this role on your stack.

Request a Demo Create a Free Account

Role FAQ

Hiring a Laravel Developer, answered.

Yes. Filament can be pre-loaded with a representative resource.

Yes. Swoole or RoadRunner can be wired with state-handling pitfalls in scope.

No. The workspace runs in their browser. Terminal, editor, ports and dashboards are all served from the EasyEnv workspace, so candidate setup is zero.

Each challenge has automated checks (did the service come back, did the test pass, did the right log message appear) plus a recording your team can replay. Most reviews take under five minutes.

Yes. AI access is a per-interview setting. Block it for fundamentals, then allow it later in the loop to assess AI collaboration separately.

How to Hire a Laravel Developer | Eloquent · Livewire | EasyEnv | EasyEnv

Hire Laravel Developerswho actually ship Laravel that survives the audit

What you see when they work.

Three steps. Zero infra to maintain.

Pick the fit test

Send one link

Review at 2x

Why hiring a Laravel Developer is hard.

What we measure for a Laravel Developer.

Eloquent discipline

Service container

Queues and jobs

Livewire and Alpine

Eloquent vs query builder

AI collaboration

The stack we put in front of them.

What a Laravel Developer interview looks like.

The list with two N+1

Score the engineer, and how they work with AI.

Ready to hire a Laravel Developer who ships?

Hiring a Laravel Developer, answered.

Hire Laravel Developerswho actually ship Laravel that survives the audit

What you see when they work.

Three steps. Zero infra to maintain.

Pick the fit test

Send one link

Review at 2x

Why hiring a Laravel Developer is hard.

What we measure for a Laravel Developer.

Eloquent discipline

Service container

Queues and jobs

Livewire and Alpine

Eloquent vs query builder

AI collaboration

The stack we put in front of them.

What a Laravel Developer interview looks like.

The list with two N+1

Score the engineer, and how they work with AI.

Ready to hire a Laravel Developer who ships?

Hiring a Laravel Developer, answered.

Hire Laravel Developers
who actually ship Laravel that survives the audit

Hire Laravel Developers
who actually ship Laravel that survives the audit