Case Study

How AI-based Autonomous Trucking Software Company, Plus, Cut Down Time to Hire by 30%

Plus is a trucking software company based in Silicon Valley that develops AI-based software to enable semi-trucks to operate autonomously. Producing cutting-edge technology is no easy feat and that’s why Plus has a strong mandate to find the best technical talent out there.

Prior to using CoderPad, Plus dealt with the logistically challenging and costly endeavor of having to schedule in person whiteboarding interviews. This process was lengthy and made the time to hire for engineering roles much longer than ideal. Plus had ambitious plans to scale its team and needed a tool that would enable the company to streamline its technical hiring process. Upon evaluating tools in the market, CoderPad won out over the competition.

CoderPad had all the features and functionality we needed and pricing that made sense. It had such strong value.

— Isabelle , Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, Plus

Now, CoderPad is used for all of Plus’s technical hiring needs. Using CoderPad has unlocked time savings for the talent acquisition and engineering teams. As a result, the time to hire has decreased by 10 days from 35 to 25. It has also created a seamless candidate experience, helping to keep the best talent in the funnel.

The interface is really user friendly. Everything is well organized, intuitive, and easy to find. Using CodePad has made everything a whole lot easier for Plus on both sides – engineering and Talent Acquisition

Candidates are very familiar with CoderPad. It is the industry gold standard.

CoderPad has empowered Plus to assess candidates’ soft skills and culture fit in addition to their technical chops. By collaboratively coding together in real time, interviewers get a strong sense of how the candidate would fit into their team and work through a realistic business project.

With CoderPad, we can see the quality of candidates’ thought processes live and how they are actually able to problem solve and apply that to their coding.

We are a really collaborative company and we don’t problem solve in a silo, so it’s very important to us that the interview process reflects that and CoderPad allows us to do that.

CoderPad’s platform also enables candidates to get a clear perspective on what working at Plus would be like and the values and operating style of the engineering team.

The feedback I hear from our engineers is that CoderPad is fun and collaborative. And candidates love it too because they can see that our team is really smart and operating at a high level. They leave knowing that our engineers are a group of really strong collaborators that would make for great teammates.

Before Plus extends an offer and the candidate accepts it, both parties are confident on the fit. This is why when candidates become employees and join the Plus team they typically stay at the company for a long tenure.

CoderPad has been immensely helpful to us in assessing the soft skills and culture fit of candidates. This is why we have such a low turnover rate relative to the industry average and people stay here for years and years.

In summary, CoderPad has helped Plus to:

Unlock time savings for both TA and engineering leaders
Speed up the time to hire (by 30%) and streamline the process
Have industry leading retention rates