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Jose De Jesus interview.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Positives:
 - [ ] A user-facing thoughtful thing: he cleared the console at the top of each input loop
 - [ ] Used `StringBuilder` to render the board output, but decided against it later
 - [ ] Used string interpolation (newish C# capability) to render mine box content
+- [ ] Excellent output message to user to give clear instructions on commands to input
 
 Concerns:
 - [ ] Didn't appear to come super prepared with the solution in mind
@@ -18,8 +19,11 @@ Other comments:
 - [ ] Used multi-dimensional array of `MineBox`es in `Board` 
 - [ ] Used `Random` to set mines randomly around the board
 - [ ] Used a while loop in Program until `bool gameEnded` was reached
+- [ ] Used `Convert.ToInt32` instead of `int.Parse` to get coordinates from console input line
 
 Questions to ask:
 - [ ] What could you do to take your game logic and render it any way you wanted to (console, HTML, graphical...)
 - [ ] Why did you choose to have Program.cs "own" the rendering of the board instead of Board?
 - [ ] Could you have Board "own" the rendering without it knowing exactly what it's renderings (strings, icons, HTML elements, etc)?
+- [ ] Explain yoru choice to use `Convert.Int32`?
+- [ ] You loop over the entire board or parts of the board (nested loops) a couple of times.  How could you abstract that logic while still using it for different purposes?