What do you like best about the product?

I always get nervous when I’m around people and they want me to code. This method prevented that. I was very focused.

What do you dislike about the product?

I think before the exam I could have been provided with more details regarding the structure of the exam.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I got interviewed a few times. It made me confident about my coding skills.

What do you like best about the product?

Coding questions are not too hard compared to LeetCode contests (Easy to Medium on LeetCode) so coding speed can be properly measured.

What do you dislike about the product?

Function suggestion would better be disabled. When it's enabled, the End key has no effect.
Light theme would better be the default.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Nothing. I just took a coding assessment.

What do you like best about the product?

I like the interface. It’s like sublime which is what I use daily. I also like how there are tabs on the left which you can switch to solution, discussion and hints.

What do you dislike about the product?

There is nothing I disliked. EMI think if we can improve the output interface it would’ve better

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am not solving any business problem. I just used it because I had an interview

What do you like best about the product?

The environment. Very user friendly environment. Also they recently have added online intelli sense which is a really handy add-on (since having that capability the programmer can concentrate more on the algorithm itself rather than on searching of typos)

What do you dislike about the product?

1. Daily challenges recently become much easier then they were before (some problems can be solved in 1 line). Maybe that is good for beginner level developers, but if authors will continue publishing easy problems, developer might start getting bored.
2. CodeSignal is not the only platform I am using for practicing and improving my programming knowledge skills. One of the other similar platforms is LeetCode. I noticed that some of LeetCode's tasks are the same, but if the same problem in CodeSignal I can solve by writing O(N^2) complexity solution and all the tests will pass, LeetCode will throw TLE (Time Limit Exceeded) exception forcing me to improve the algorithm and solving problem with O(N logN) complexity solution. And unlike CodeSignal, all their test cases are open, so you can actually see where you did wrong. I would recommend to try to improve testing use cases.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

One of the main benefits is that when you practice database challenges you don't need to create the database from the scratch, so you can concentrate on task.
Overall, mostly the platform helps to improve the mind thinking flexibility for developers (interview challenges section is a good example)

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Good start point for improving your programming skills and test them

What do you like best about the product?

The code editor is easy to navigate with many programming languages options to code in. The debugger provides clear information about errors.

What do you dislike about the product?

The end result/score shown after submitting the coding challenge does not reflect the feedback. My code had passed 7/8 test cases but I got a score of 191/300. I did not understand why my score was so less.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I got familiar with CodeSignal through a Company Coding Challenge round. It provides a score after submission and also one can check the number of test cases passed.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Great platform to check your coding skills.

What do you like best about the product?

I like that a real interview environment is simulated on the platform (e.g timing each question, detailing requirements of the question...). I also really like the variety of programming languages so if you get stuck in one programming language and decide you want to switch to another one, it is as easy as clicking on a drop down menu!

What do you dislike about the product?

I have only had good experiences thus far with this platform. I do think that it would be nice to have coding solutions that carry over when switching programming languages (yes, I am aware that syntax could be a hurdle but I still think it would be a cool implementation).

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helped me prepare for a really important coding interview and all the practice questions reaffirmed my abilities. I intend on using this platform moving forward to sharpen my skills.

What do you like best about the product?

The User Interface for CodeSignal has always been better than its competitors.

What do you dislike about the product?

I recently took an interview using the CodeSignal Assessment platform, and it was awful. I will give it to CodeSignal for being the most thorough in terms of using technologies to their advantage. However, their reliance on these technologies left me as the interviewee uncomfortable and paranoid throughout the interview. Here are my thoughts about the troubled areas:

1) I was directed to Canvas to take the assessment, and they gave me two options. The first was to sign up to Canvas as a new user, and the second was to sign in as a teacher for what I assume is a NGO. The problem I faced was that I wasn't a new user since I've used canvas with my professional email in other courses, and I wasn't a teacher for this NGO. I spent 15 minutes trying to figure out how I might take the assessment since there was no directions given for my scenario.

2) I get that CodeSignal wants to restrict 'cheating' on the assessment, and they want to replicate the white boarding processes of larger companies. But having to scan my room, turn on my microphone, turn on my webcam, monitor my browser actions, limit the number of screens to one, etc. made me feel like I was a threat to the organization. Interviewees are trying to assess whether they can be an asset on a company's team, and yet right away I felt like someone who needed to be 'dealt with', and someone who can't be trusted.

3) This strict monitoring of browser actions might bring in candidates who know one specific language like the back of their hand, but also restricts candidates who are great engineers who forget syntax and remember parts of a languages nuances but need reminding. The difference between a live whiteboarding session and a fully monitored recorded interview is that in a whiteboarding session there is someone their to ask about these small cases. Also, these recorded interviews rely heavily on working implementations which require perfect code. This can be problematic if the interviewee can't look up documentation. It would be nice to have a whitelist of sites that are available to the interviewee.

4) After having taken the assessment, I was grateful for the wake up call that even having work experience in the industry doesn't mean I can ace these technical assessments. From this experience I know that I have much to learn, and will continue practicing my algorithms and data structures. That being said, I can also safely assume that these assessments give recent college graduates an advantage since the assessments mimic college exams more than it mimics problem solving in the industry. I think that technical assessments will always have a 'college examination' quality, but I hope they will start progressing towards the type of problem solving one might face day to day as an engineer.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Utilizing some of the data structures that I've practiced on CodeSignal at work. Improved the performance of our application.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

The developer and interviewee experience has suffered from what it once was. Still working through beta changes for interview assessments. Check back once the company has grown, and can handle making engineers an priority.

What do you like best about the product?

The UI very user-friendly, and multiple languages are available;
Many interesting coding questions are available.

What do you dislike about the product?

Maybe more coding questions should be added, more difficult questions about algorithm and data structures are needed;
Maybe questions about database, system design and operating system could be added there.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I coded to solve some interview questions related to linked list, C++ STL, sorting and searching.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Recommend

What do you like best about the product?

I enjoyed the UI of the application and also the ability to see the test cases that I needed to meet for each coding question. The existence of the hidden test cases also prompted me to try and cover solutions that I could not think of immediately.

What do you dislike about the product?

Nothing really, throughout the whole coding test I did not have any issues with using the application.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used it while interviewing for a job position, but I did appreciate that it was a straightforward way to demonstrate my coding abilities.

What do you like best about the product?

The autocomplete of code and suggestion of methods for data structures was helpful. I did not have to spend time cross-checking the API's. I could code faster and debug faster

What do you dislike about the product?

The auto-complete suggestion of methods for data-structures can be improved to show the useful methods on priority

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I gave my coding test on CodeSignal platform