Structured coding interviews have improved hiring decisions and strengthened problem‑solving skills
What is our primary use case?
Whether you are a candidate or the employer looking for a potential candidate, you can be sure that CodeSignal Interview will make the task as easy as possible for you. With its friendly and intuitive UI and smooth interface, you will be able to navigate between the tests you have given to see your previous score as well. I personally used it for assessing my code skills. I have used CodeSignal Interview heavily to hone my coding skills and interview techniques. It actually simulates a real interview environment, which helps a lot in preparing oneself for the interview process.
There is a variety of questions available on the platform to practice, and we can have rankings to see where one stands.
What is most valuable?
CodeSignal Interview is the way to go for hiring potential candidates, and it is very essential for us to recognize talent and hire smartly. After the initial step of resume scanning, it becomes imperative to know whether a potential employee is technically sound or not. CodeSignal Interview as a platform helps achieve that as it allows the user to choose a programming language they are comfortable with and simultaneously provides the user with a robust and easy to use UI to code and see the output.
I love the easy question reading and coding interface in CodeSignal Interview, which is easy to navigate and customize.
CodeSignal Interview provides a great user interface that is very intuitive and easy to use. There is easy question reading and coding interface, quick results, and hardly any delay or buffering. It offers a quantitative measure of each submission, an effective screening process, a responsive support team, a variety of well-organized questions, and high accuracy.
I think all the features of CodeSignal Interview are very robust and helpful in my organization, especially the effective screening process where CodeSignal's efficient candidate evaluation processes are found valuable for assessing technical competence. The platform also offers a wide range of well-organized questions, which provide insights into a candidate's thought processes. Additionally, the intuitive user interface is very easy to navigate and the learning curve becomes very easy.
What needs improvement?
To improve CodeSignal Interview, we need to enhance the code panel and add more examples of interview questions, which would be great as well.
CodeSignal Interview also needs improvement in the autocomplete feature, which is not working so well.
In addition to that, it would be nice to see a plagiarism check incorporated into CodeSignal Interview code.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using CodeSignal Interview for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
CodeSignal Interview helps our employees to gain more knowledge about code. It helped our organization to improve the stability of its website. More candidates can be hired based on their real knowledge.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
CodeSignal Interview is extraordinary but needs improvements. It helps us figure out which candidates have a solid grasp of computer science principles and other skills that we are looking for and which ones need to brush up on their technical knowledge. This is crucial since coding habits differ and can have an impact as the project scales up to production.
How are customer service and support?
CodeSignal Interview provides a great user interface that is very intuitive and easy to use. There is easy question reading and coding interface, quick results, and hardly any delay or buffering. It offers a quantitative measure of each submission, an effective screening process, a responsive support team, a variety of well-organized questions, and high accuracy.
What other advice do I have?
The advice I would give to others looking into using CodeSignal Interview is that it undoubtedly increases the interviewer and interviewee problem-solving and reasoning abilities, so it is a highly recommended tool. It is advantageous and acceptable for applicants who are not fluent in some languages. They can benefit greatly from companies that hire based on their logical and problem-solving abilities. As a result, both the business and the interviewee will benefit from it.
I gave CodeSignal Interview a rating of 9 out of 10.
Structured assessments have streamlined hiring and have improved how I evaluate technical talent
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for CodeSignal Interview is that I have been using the CodeSignal platform, which allows us to make data-driven technical decisions about candidates and experience levels today, and gives us insight into how they learn while concentrating on a great candidate experience. The platform streamlines the front end of the pipeline with assessments that give us a baseline on experience levels, saving time for recruiting.
I use CodeSignal Interview to prepare for interviews within the software engineering field. This product helps to prepare for tech interviews while simultaneously allowing companies to prescreen candidates effectively. CodeSignal Interview gauges the technical competencies of candidates by asking them tech questions, and then driving a score based on a multitude of factors like how fast they solved the questions and how many test cases they pass and many more.
I would like to add that the score will then be sent to companies along with a report, which in theory is supposed to identify whether candidates are competent enough technically to be moved into the next round.
What is most valuable?
The best features CodeSignal Interview offers is that it is very effective at giving companies a third-party way to efficiently screen candidates before moving them into their next rounds of interviewing. It is very effective at scoring and judging a candidate's technical competence with a reasonable margin of error. It has a great support team that responds very quickly and handles issues adeptly.
Out of the features, I find all the features are great, especially the way it is very effective at giving companies a third-party way to efficiently screen candidates before moving them into their next rounds of interviewing.
I also love the skill level test, which is very great, as well as the professional look, which is also very great.
The impact of CodeSignal Interview on my organization is that its features of providing companies a score for a candidate's technical progress is pivotal to CodeSignal. The capability to calculate an accurate score that is representative of a candidate's technical competency is great, making it easy and convenient to have all the companies you are interviewing for in one place where you can take one test and send it to all companies, saving much time.
Since using CodeSignal Interview, I have seen it streamline online assessments and allow me to make a good impression when I have a good score. It has saved me time when entering the interviewing rounds with companies. It has helped me get better at solving technical interview questions easily.
What needs improvement?
CodeSignal Interview can be improved by adding more libraries, updated frameworks, and making app context more visible.
Additionally, I think the cost should be lowered, especially for small organizations.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working in my current field for six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
CodeSignal Interview is stable, as in my experience, it has been very fast and reliable, so it is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
CodeSignal Interview's scalability is very good; it grows with my organization's needs and can handle all the interviews at once.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support is very helpful, proactive, and responsive.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Previously, I used Microsoft Visual Studio Code.
I switched from Visual Studio Code to CodeSignal Interview because CodeSignal has the basis for all technical coding interviews as it allows reusability and standardizing across a big organization like ours, which is why we made the switch.
How was the initial setup?
I purchased CodeSignal Interview through the AWS Marketplace.
What about the implementation team?
My company has a business relationship with this vendor as customers.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment in that there is a better interview experience for both interviewees and interviewers, great talent filtering, and less waste of time.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that according to our experience, the price is very cost-effective, but for smaller organizations, this might be a little bit expensive tool.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing CodeSignal Interview, I evaluated other options, such as Amazing Hiring.
What other advice do I have?
I rate CodeSignal Interview a nine out of 10.
I choose a nine out of 10 because in conducting interviews, CodeSignal is best in class and offers a full suite of modern functional features to support developers and engineers of all experience levels. It allows quick editing and returns time to the interview by being dependable and efficient.
My advice for others looking into using CodeSignal Interview is that I highly recommend this tool because CodeSignal can be useful to help determine the knowledge of engineers on more theoretical topics. In my experience, CodeSignal can be very useful for more junior roles, especially when you receive a lot of applications and you need to gather more data points on candidates before deciding whether or not to move forward with more interviews.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Platform has transformed virtual tech hiring and now supports customizable, real-world assessments
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for CodeSignal Interview is conducting our entire slate of virtual technical interviews, as the platform allows us to customize our engineering assessments fully and test candidates' skills across a variety of technical verticals. It ensures hiring of strong technical talent, which is critical to growing our organization and delivering new functionality. CodeSignal Interview enables us to do this while delivering an excellent candidate experience.
A specific example of how I use CodeSignal Interview in my hiring process is that it has been an excellent resource for screening technical candidates through our recruitment process. The platform provides a comprehensive approach to evaluate technical skills by offering standardized tests while allowing us to create and customize our assessments effectively.
I also use CodeSignal Interview as a great tool for evaluating talent requiring coding and programming language knowledge in their day-to-day positions.
What is most valuable?
The best features CodeSignal Interview offers include coding evaluation, comprehensive scoring, customizable assessments, and flexibility. We are able to customize our assessments to our specific needs. Usability is also a strong aspect, as CodeSignal Interview is very user-friendly and easy to use.
Out of those features, the skill level stands out as the most valuable for my team. The skill level ensures a professional appearance and demonstrates a very professional-looking tool that supports upskilling current engineers.
CodeSignal Interview has positively impacted my organization by helping my team refine our talent pipelines with strong technical candidates.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see some improvements with CodeSignal Interview, as there have been some loopholes identified in terms of approaching the assessments, which can potentially compromise the integrity of the assessments.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using CodeSignal Interview for around three to four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
In my experience, CodeSignal Interview is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
CodeSignal Interview's performance in terms of speed and reliability is fast and reliable.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support of CodeSignal Interview is very proactive and responsive. They are quick to respond to any challenges I might have. For the few times that I have reached out to them, they were very proactive and responsive on time.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously used a different solution before CodeSignal Interview, as we switched from HackerRank to CodeSignal Interview. The reason we switched is that CodeSignal Interview edges out HackerRank due to its intuitive interface, real-world problem relevance, and robust assessment integrity. Its modern, user-friendly design simplifies navigation and enhances learning and test experiences, as the platform challenges are closely aligned with actual software engineering scenarios, making it an effective tool for practical skill development and candidate evaluation.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with CodeSignal Interview, as it has made it easy and convenient to have all the companies I'm interviewing for in one place where I can take one test and send it to all companies, hence saving much time. CodeSignal Interview helped me get better at solving technical interview questions, and it saved me time when entering the interviewing rounds with companies.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing of CodeSignal Interview has been very helpful and time-saving. It has been very cost-effective and affordable.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing CodeSignal Interview, I evaluated other options, specifically HackerRank.
What other advice do I have?
My advice for others looking into using CodeSignal Interview is to enhance their process, as I appreciate CodeSignal Interview because of its intuitive interface with real-world problem relevance and robust assessment integrity. Its modern, user-friendly design simplifies navigation and enhances learning, with test experiences that are closely aligned with actual software engineering scenarios, making it an effective tool for practical skill development and candidate evaluation. CodeSignal Interview is highly recommended because it helped me get better at solving technical interview questions, saved me time when entering interview rounds with companies, and streamlined online assessments, thereby saving considerable time.
CodeSignal Interview is a must-have tool, so it is best you get used to it now for any organization that is looking for a great interview experience for the technical team. CodeSignal Interview provides an advantage moving forward, as the more experience you have with CodeSignal Interview, the easier it will be to demonstrate your technical competency in assessments. I would rate this product a 9 out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Pair coding has transformed hiring and now speeds up collaborative interview decisions
What is our primary use case?
I used it as an IDE and as a platform for giving interviews for various companies. When I was recruiting at my last organization, I used it as a recruitment tool for code pairing.
My main use case for CodeSignal Interview is for real-time collaborative coding in a pair-coding environment, where I give a hard problem to a candidate and we can pair-code together, similar to how we would work in a real-life office scenario. This helps me get a great assessment of whether the person would be a suitable collaborative team member.
CodeSignal Interview also provides a vast capability of existing problem questions, existing solutions, executions, and the candidate's attempts to the questions. It shows all of that information, which has been one of my use cases when I was using it for hiring my team.
What is most valuable?
CodeSignal Interview offers several kinds of integrations as the best features. There was an integration with Workday, where candidate results would be published and mapped to Workday if we selected the candidate. For scheduling interviews, it connects with Google Calendar, Calendly, and other similar software. Additionally, CodeSignal allows for session recordings when code edits are made or during interviews.
The integrations and session recording feature have helped my workflow by allowing for certain calibrations to be done, such as determining if a question was hard or easy for different candidates, or allowing supervisors and senior team members to revisit how decisions were made. The session recording features come in handy for these purposes. The integration with Google Calendar helps recruiters check the panel's availability and schedule interviews directly using CodeSignal, providing a seamless experience rather than using multiple tools and software.
CodeSignal Interview has positively impacted my organization by speeding up our hiring process. When my last organization was scaling quickly, it came in handy because rather than manually scheduling interviews, we were able to pre-screen candidates and conduct quick pair-coding sessions that gave us proper insights in a very short amount of time. All the grading, syntax checks, and everything else was done by CodeSignal, which saved us tons of manual labor.
What needs improvement?
CodeSignal Interview can be improved in terms of scalability for when volumes might be too high or when multiple interviewers are using a single CodeSignal Interview license. Additionally, when interviews are customized for data science or hardcore software development roles but I am a QA professional, a customized template library or the ability to customize a set of questions within CodeSignal Interview would be helpful features to implement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used CodeSignal Interview multiple times depending on the situation, since it serves as both a hiring tool and a platform I used when looking for job changes.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
CodeSignal Interview is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
CodeSignal Interview's scalability was sufficient for the scale our organization was at that stage, which was a 500 to 1,000 person organization. It was pretty sufficiently scalable when we bought multiple licenses.
How are customer service and support?
I had no need to interact with customer support, so I cannot comment.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used HackerRank, and I found CodeSignal Interview to be better and cheaper.
What was our ROI?
We have seen a return on investment with specific examples. Earlier we used to take multiple interview rounds, and CodeSignal Interview saved one interview round per interview. Now we have started using assessments and code pairing exercises. This has saved the total number of hours per interview and has had a positive impact.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing includes us having bought two or three licenses for our set of interview panels within QA. I am not aware about setup costs or pricing in general, as those things were taken care of by the central team.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing CodeSignal Interview, I evaluated other options such as HackerRank and Codelity.
What other advice do I have?
I rate CodeSignal Interview an eight out of ten.
I choose eight out of ten because of somewhat lacking reporting aspects or how visually an aggregated report can be seen by somebody who is head of hiring. For them, CodeSignal can do better. Additionally, there is a lack of customized questions for QA. For those two reasons, I deduct two points.
My advice to others looking into using CodeSignal Interview is to use it to save time if you are a hiring manager. It frees up time for your junior resources who might be spending time interacting with candidates who are completely unrelated or not suitable to the requirements and the target hiring criteria. CodeSignal Interview works much better in a standardized assessment test format. My overall review rating for CodeSignal Interview is eight out of ten.
Excellent interview prep
What do you like best about the product?
I like that it is the Duolingo version of practicing for coding challenge technical interviews
What do you dislike about the product?
It is somehow hard to keep up with the challenges
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is not easy to find a software platform that lets you practice coding challenges in a user friendly way. It provides a lot of types of challenges to practice
A Versatile Coding Assessment Platform with Smooth User Experience
What do you like best about the product?
I really appreciate how straightforward and inviting the platform is. The editor feels fast and familiar, so it’s never a hassle to just jump in and start working on problems. There’s a huge selection of coding challenges, and I like that you can pick different difficulty levels or focus on specific topics. The daily problems and game-like rewards actually keep me motivated to stick with it longer than I probably would on my own.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do get the sense that CodeSignal puts a lot of weight on how quickly I can finish challenges, which can get a bit stressful and take the focus away from writing really clear or thoughtful code. I also wish they provided more feedback after I solve something–just knowing I passed isn’t as helpful as learning alternative solutions or tips for optimization. Occasionally, I run into repeated questions or minor glitches, but overall these don’t outweigh the positives for me.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
CodeSignal is solving the challenge of practicing and proving real coding skills in a way that’s organized and easy to access. For me, it’s helpful because I get a wide range of problems that are actually relevant to the kinds of programming interviews or assessments I might face. The platform takes the guesswork out of where to focus my practice, and by having everything in one place, I can track my progress over time.
Also, since CodeSignal is recognized by employers, it gives me a way to demonstrate my skills objectively, which can really help with job applications. The structure and instant feedback keep me motivated and help me see where I need to improve, so it’s making my prep both more focused and more efficient.
Helped us identify the best candidates and improve our skills
What do you like best about the product?
CodeSignal’s user interface is second to none; it allows us to design our own assessments using adaptive programming questions that cover all bases. Also, the automatic assessment is fantastic; applicants (in this case, developers) receive instant feedback on how they are doing, and we can see a deep assessment of their skills as they develop. As a result, we have been able to find the best candidates faster and with much less effort.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not very useful for assessing the ability of candidates to work in a team or communicate effectively. This made it necessary to use additional assessment tools, such as interviews.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For a large project, we needed developers. We had many CVs, but lacked a reliable method to assess their technical skills. Neither the online tests nor the more conventional interviews were sufficient. We were able to establish a method for objectively assessing the coding skills of candidates during the recruitment process after implementing CodeSignal. It was clear to us that he was offering an impartial assessment. As an added bonus, the developers liked to be able to show off their skills in a real environment rather than answering our questions.
Learning platform
What do you like best about the product?
It has a path for every technology you may be interested in and it's very complete
What do you dislike about the product?
Low energy for Cosmo free version, but if you practice daily it's fine
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Practice interview questions
Good platform for testing
What do you like best about the product?
Replaying videos, great customer support
What do you dislike about the product?
The interface when taking the test is clunky.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Offline Assessments, Plagarism. This helps us narrow our candidate pool.
Great tool for interviews
What do you like best about the product?
Ability to get smart questions, coding platform in multiple languages, support to debug in interviews
What do you dislike about the product?
Support for multiple collaborators to share multiple screens at once
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
One platform for interviews and review and eliminates the need to create extra notes.
