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CoderPad June releases

We’re excited to share new features with you! Keep reading to learn about adding a custom time frame for candidates to complete tests, giving candidates the option to take the test in Chinese, exporting your pad and test usage stats, and more. CoderPad Screen updates Test availability window Need to make tests available for only a set time window (like for university recruiting or high-volume postings)? You can now set a custom time frame (for a few days, for example – or even a few hours) when your tests will be available for candidates. This feature is available for Enterprise and Custom accounts.

Hiring Developers

Q&A: Musings of a CEO on Tech Interviews, Cheating and AI

Yes, AI has changed the way that candidates cheat. But, it’s also changed the way that we work and interview. I sat down with CoderPad CEO, Amanda Richardson, to collect her perspective on tech interviews, cheating and AI. In this Q&A session, she emphasizes the importance of trust and effective interview design. She encourages recruiters and hiring managers to shift their mindset from fear to curiosity. Q: What would you say to hiring managers and Talent Acquisition professionals who are worried about cheating in interviews?

Engineering Management

How To Use CoderPad To Interview Software Architects

Software architects are the masterminds behind the design and structure of software systems, ensuring that projects are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with business goals. Unlike more hands-on engineering and development roles, assessing architect skills in an interview relies much less on watching them code and more on their ability to drive software design principles and influence the organization-wide direction of software architecture.

Hiring Developers

“Don’t Expect Candidates to Have Everything Memorized”, the Dos and Don’ts of Cheating Prevention With Nathan Sutter

Sure, you want to prevent cheating. But you also want to feel good about your hiring process. I recently chatted with Nathan Sutter, VP of Engineering , about cheating, interviewing, and candidate experience. We put together a list of dos and don’ts to help you hire developers and prevent cheating in the “best possible way” (i.e in a way that won’t send developers running for the hills OR make you feel like an unfair, out-of-touch paranoiac).

Engineering Management

Upskilling Senior Software Engineers into Team Managers

Sometimes, the best tech managers are right under your nose. When looking for leaders for a new team, or to replace one who’s leaving, it can be tempting to rush to your talent acquisition department with a list of needs and have them start building a pool of potential applicants. But often, you need someone who is already familiar with how your team works and the details of getting things done at your company. Giving your current employees the opportunity to lead can result in significant benefits for you – reduced expenses of onboarding a new employee and improved existing employee loyalty, to name two.

Hiring Developers

18 Features Your Tech Assessment Tool Should Have to Prevent Cheating

Nobody likes to talk about cheating. It’s uncomfortable. It’s uncomfortable to think that someone may be trying to pull the wool over your eyes. In any case, it’s uncomfortable for me. I strive to see the best in people, give the benefit of the doubt. put myself in others’ shoes… So yes, it makes me uncomfortable to acknowledge that candidate cheating is a real issue in tech recruitment today. But I have to, because it is.

Interviewing

Crafting Effective Technical Interview Questions: A 4-Step Guide

Do you ever feel like you’re throwing darts in the dark when writing technical interview questions? You want to assess a candidate’s skills but are unsure how to design questions that accurately reflect the role and provide valuable insights. As an interview and assessment platform, we have extensive experience in this area. We’ve spent years honing our question creation process to provide our customers with the most effective interview and assessment questions.

Hiring Developers

How to Ensure Candidates Will Participate in Your Technical Screening

Technical screenings are a vital tool in any recruiter’s toolbox. They help you take those hundreds or thousands of applicants and whittle them down to those with the skills it takes to do the job. There’s just one problem. Most software developers and other technical professionals don’t have a very high opinion of them. A lot of tech pros will even refuse to take them, considering them time-consuming and beneath them.

Product Updates

CoderPad April Releases

We’re excited to share some exciting new features with you. Keep reading to find out more about Screen proctoring, new tests and languages, live interview transcriptions and more. CoderPad Screen updates Webcam proctoring – In beta and wider release coming soon! Ensure the integrity of the hiring process in select geographic or competitive markets. Keep it fair for everyone (candidates and employers) with CoderPad proctoring, which will take photos of candidates every 10 seconds and alert you of suspicious behavior.

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