CodeSignal

Score9.2 out of 10

175 Reviews and Ratings

What is CodeSignal?

CodeSignal is a technical skills assessment platform that enables companies to quickly hire qualified candidates for technical roles. With over 70 coding languages and tools and a built in plagiarism checker, companies can be confident that the candidates they select will be successful in their new roles.

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Screenshot of candidate evaluation using languages, frameworks, and tools unique to the job including JavaScript, Python, PHP, React, Ruby, and Swift

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Screenshot of candidate evaluation using languages, frameworks, and tools unique to the job including JavaScript, Python, PHP, React, Ruby, and Swift

Will Rubin View profile

Team Manager, Technical Talent Acquisition in Human Resources at Greenhouse (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use CodeSignal to conduct our entire slate of virtual technical interviews. The platform allows us to customize our engineering assessments fully and test candidates' skills across a variety of technical verticals. Ensured hiring of strong technical talent is critical to growing our organization and delivering new functionality. CodeSignal enables us to do just that, all while delivering an excellent candidate experience.

Pros

Flexibility - we can customize our assessments to our specific needs.
Usability - CodeSignal is very user friendly.

Cons

I'd love more reporting functionality within the testing platform.
Getting in-app recommendations on how my team can best conduct technical assessments would be great.

Return on Investment

We're able to build technical assessments that match our interview needs. This saves us time and money.
We're able to get a strong read on our technical hires' abilities, which helps us make informed decisions in the hiring process. Otherwise, this would be costly to the business.

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Alternatives Considered

TestGorilla and CoderPad

Other Software Used

Greenhouse, monday.com, hireEZ

Jay Dangar View profile

Software Engineer in Engineering at Apping Technology (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It simulates the actual online coding assessment from different companies, which helps alot in interview preparation

Pros

code completion
innovative problems
coding assessment
Curated list
Resembles actual coding environment

Cons

More coding assessments
tutorials to solve the problems
Company wise interview questions

Most Important Features

Code Auto complete
General Assessment
Unique sets of questions

Return on Investment

I improved my coding skills
Thought process is improved
coding speed is improved as well

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Android Studio, Notepad++ and Atom

Other Software Used

Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Notepad++, Atom

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Team Lead in Human Resources (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our team does a lot of hiring for IT and Software Development based roles. We use CodeSignal as one of the stages in our recruitment process to screen candidates for candidates who are proficient in specific coding skillsets. We then pass the results of these tests to hiring managers who can then decide who to move forward with to the next stage of interviews for the positions that are open.

Pros

Really simple to set up assessments. Tons of inbuilt tests.
Its easy to share the results of the assessments with stakeholders.
Integrates with our ATS.
Works great for high volume hiring challenges.

Cons

Would like the option to allow candidates to skip certain questions if required. Maybe its there and I couldnt find it.
Interface could be a little nicer, its pretty janky at the moment.

Return on Investment

Made our interview process more efficient.
Lead to better quality candidates moving through the process faster.
Made it easier to involve more people in the interview process.
Allowed us to test candidates across different software skillsets.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

TestGorilla and HackerRank

Other Software Used

Willo, Otter.ai, 6sense, Apollo.io

Verified User

Director in Human Resources (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

CodeSignal has been an excellent resource for screening technical candidates throughout our recruitment process. They understand how to evaluate technical skills by offering standardized tests while allowing you to create and customize your assessments.

Pros

Coding Evaluation.
Comprehensive Scoring.
Customizable Assessments.

Cons

Live coding assessments could offer more templates for all common programming languages.

Return on Investment

CodeSignal has helped my team to refine our talent pipelines with strong technical candidates.

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Employee in Human Resources (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Using the CodeSignal platforms allows us to make data-driven technical decisions about candidates' 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.

Pros

Skill level.
Professional look.
Upskilling current engineers.

Cons

Better integration with ATS.

Return on Investment

We can concentrate more on our EVP, while relying on Codesignal.
Interviewers can look more holistically at a candidate, while Codesignal is looking technically.

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