Azure Lab Services vs. CodeSignal

Azure Lab Services is incredibly beneficial to our school board as a replacement for high-end graphics workstations needed for courses utilizing 3d graphics - the Autodesk and Adobe suites of products. The devices have a cost that is considerably higher than our line of business devices. These high-end devices are designated only for use with those courses meaning that the devices remained underutilized. Azure Lab Services isn't a good replacement for regular workloads as the overhead for management is considerable compared to regular devices.

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I think code signal is one of the best platforms for organizations to better test the resource for their coding skills. Its way of conducting the test saves engineering time, reduces the risks that hiring companies have in technical interviews, and provides a cheating-free environment. The platform can be improved to make the new learners practice well on the platform and get used to it.

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• 3d Graphics powered machines
• Ease of deployment
• Ease of Access
• Ease of Management

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• The test cases are quite well-written, and the grade we earn as a result of them is very fair. Users can use a unit testing tool to perform their own unit testing, allowing them to double-check their code before submitting it.
• Intensive technical interview preparation
• The online evaluation option is an excellent approach to assess candidates.
• Simple UI for Simple Operations

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• Better organization integration
• improve integration with MECM/System Center/Intune
• Improve HTML5 interface

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• The platform should provide candidates with detailed feedback, allowing them to identify areas for improvement if necessary.
• Furthermore, despite the fact that the assessment is complete, the platform prioritizes speed. In order to finish the assignment on time, people may be forced to forgo quality or desired output.
• They should improve the question selection procedure, as some of the questions are too long to finish in the allocated time.

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I give it this rating because it is very easy to use. Not only that it is proctored and trusted. Moreover, the candidates find it easy to use given that it is a single test. This means that we get much more applications than using other platforms. This helps us to hire better faster and easier with codesignal.

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It's very straightfoward to use and simple. For our use case in coding interviews, we generate a link, give it to the candidate and we never got any complaints or questions asked, they were able to follow our scenarios perfectly.

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Yes, the staff has been very quick

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Yes, pages load quickly, reports comes in a reasonable time frame, only when CodeSIgnal integrates, it provide small glitches.

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I am not sure whether or not they have replaced but surely emerged as a big competitor. Their support system should be good knowing that they are in completion with the best hackerrank. I feel they could do a much better job but I have not used their support much

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It has clear details for every staff to understand the basic, and staffs can communicate efficiently to provide strong backgrounds. Also, the manager who provided this training has collaborated well with the Codesignal staff so that everyone could learn more about CodeSignal and look at it from different users' perspectives. So the training was really helpful

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There were some issues with the compiler

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It just works

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Azure Virtual Desktop is an excellent tool for extending your existing infrastructure to the cloud and providing the same experience to users in both on-premises and virtual environments. Azure Lab Services, with its quicker setup time, and lack of connection to existing domains provides the ability to quickly spin up virtual environments for use for experimentation, learning, or delivering production resources.

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Codesignal provides features like screen recording and monitors candidates while they take the assessments, thereby reducing the possibility of cheating during the assessment, which is a known problem with other providers like HackerRank. Codesignal also provides predictive coding scores, which helps to better assess the capabilities of the candidates.

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It works on multiple departments.

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• Reduced Capital Costs for 3d Workloads
• Ability to transition to Hybrid or Learn@Home and provide curriculum resources
• HTML FrontEnd provides ease of use from any HTML5 device

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• It has been advantageous in terms of saving time for our interviewees due to its simpler approach.
• My coding abilities have greatly improved and continue to aid me in the interviews process.
• The User Interface has caused me to spend more time on this application and has prompted me to discover new and more productive development techniques.

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