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Java projects that would look impressive in an entry-level interview?

I'm applying to an entry level software developer apprenticeship program, and the final step of the admissions process turned out a lot more intimidating than I expected. The last 8 minutes of the final interview will apparently be reserved for me to show off a project I'm proud of. The logical solution is to dig up some of my old college projects, but aside from group projects, I wasn't exactly the best at commenting back then and many of them were from when I just started programming, so I'd probably have to rebuild from the ground up anyway.

The direction I was given was that the project should be "complex, but within my ability to explain". Though admittedly, I don't have the best grasp of what's considered "complex" for an entry level position. Maybe I'm actually overqualified, or maybe I'm in way over my head, I just don't have much frame of reference.

The projects I can remember off the top of my head are *Battlecode*, *Hunt the Wumpus*, *The N Queens Problem*, *Game of Life*, and *Sudoku*. I'm worried that since all of these are really famous programming exercises, it would make anything I present look mediocre, if not inherently suspect. I'm probably worrying for nothing, but that's just in my nature. Can anyone spare any advice on what kind of project would probably be ideal for an interview like this?
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If it’s a backend role, maybe stand up an api and attach it to a database with some dummy data and do something cool with it?

If all you have to fill is 8 minutes you could probably fill the time with a smaller project of that scope.