Item: CodeSignal
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with CodeSignal

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

CodeSignal is the technical assessment platform that we use to hire new employees. The CodeSignal assessments are given as part of the interview process. We use CodeSignal to assess the aptitude in programming skills from the CodeSignal assessment score. As the score is generated on aspects such as the candidate's problem-solving ability and speed, the CodeSignal assessment serves as a good measure to judge a candidate before that person is called for the next round of interviews.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Option of proctored/unproctored assessment
Uniform structure of assessment
Variety of problem sets to choose from
Score certification process to check for malpractices

Cons

Code editor should be more responsive for auto suggestions
Practice environment should be located in such a way that it should be found easily
A transparent and publicly available pricing

Most Important Features

Question Pool
Data Structure and Algorithm based assessment
Report Generation

Return on Investment

10 working hours saved weekly which used to be spent on interviews
Approximately 3 employees worth of manpower is saved
The benefit of allowing assessment in multiple languages allowed the interviewee to concentrate on evaluation on the basis of underlying concepts

Alternatives Considered

HackerRank

CodeSignal provides many features which HackerRank doesn't, such as Candidate comparison, 24*7 customer support. It also provides integration with several other applications such as greenhouse, workable, Smartrecruiters, Linkedin Talent Hub, Prelude, Okta, etc. Also, It's free for candidates who want to gather credibility by putting up their scores on the profile.

Key Insights

Do you think CodeSignal delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with CodeSignal's feature set?

Yes

Did CodeSignal live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of CodeSignal go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy CodeSignal again?

Yes

Other Software Used

HackerRank, Codility, CoderPad

Likelihood to Recommend

- To conduct a preliminary assessment round when there are multiple candidates to choose from. Helps you to filter out candidates on the basis of requirements. - The questions that are assigned for each test are different, so the probability of any two candidates getting the exact same questions is very less. -However, the questions are based on the same concepts so as to provide an equal ground to all the candidates.- However, if you have to choose from less number of candidates you are better off conducting normal interviews, as these tests are time-consuming for both interviewers and employers.

Using CodeSignal

Users and Roles

50 - Human Resources and Recruiting team use it as a recruiting tool to filter out candidates on the basis of assignments. whereas the engineering team uses it as a technical interview platform as it provides a number of associated features like in-built video-calling, custom test cases creation, etc. Also, a number of developers from the engineering team use the platform to hone their problem-solving skills.

A complete package for assessment