Case Study
How IT Consulting Firm, HN Services, Reduced Time to Hire By 20%
HN Services is a large European IT consulting firm that recruits a wide range of technical profiles from data scientists to DevOps engineers to front end developers. With almost 2,000 technical employees spread across the European continent, the company is always hiring for a diverse range of technical talent.
Before CoderPad: A Slow, Inconsistent, and Imprecise Hiring Process
Prior to using CoderPad, the technical hiring process lacked structure and standardization. It also was incredibly time consuming. Furthermore, the platforms the company were using were not interactive, making it difficult to assess candidates’ true capabilities and skills.
The Search: Finding a Tool That’s Simple, Scalable, and Skill-Centric
HN Services set out on a search for a tool that would unlock a seamless, reliable, and engaging way to evaluate candidates in realistic scenarios. Top of mind for the company was also the ability to evaluate candidates across a comprehensive range of technical skills given their need to hire for such a wide array of technical profiles.
The Solution: Asynchronous Assessments + Live Interviews in CoderPad
We considered other tools but CoderPad stood out for several reasons. First, its simplicity and ease of use. Second, its reliability–we can administer interviews seamlessly at any time. And third, the breadth of technologies it allows us to evaluate candidates’ on
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The Impact: 20% Faster Time to Hire, 2+ Hours Saved Per Candidate
Leveraging CoderPad, HN Services is able to easily and accurately understand a candidate’s skills via asynchronous technical assessments and live collaborative coding interviews. As a result, the company has been able to cut down the number of steps in the hiring process. With CoderPad, HN Services time to hire has reduced by 20%. The company saves 2+ hours per candidate – a welcome relief to busy engineering managers and talent acquisition teams.
CoderPad significantly improved our ability to quickly and objectively assess candidates’ skills. CoderPad has really simplified our interview process
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Better Candidate Experience = More Diverse Talent and Higher Retention
The candidates in HN Services’s funnel have also benefited from a materially improved process.
Our candidates really appreciate that they are able to show their skills. The more interactive experience keeps candidates so engaged throughout the funnel
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A better candidate experience has unlocked HN Services’s ability to recruit more diverse profiles and empowered non-traditional candidates to have success in the process. Screening on skills – not resumes – allows for this.
A Stronger Funnel, From First Touch to Final Offer
We have seen a 10% increase in the diversity of recruited profiles and a 10% increase in candidates from non-traditional backgrounds passing technical assessments. With CoderPad, we can build more well rounded teams.
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CoderPad has not only helped HN Services to retain top talent at higher rates throughout the hiring funnel, but also increased the rate at which clients are extending offers to those candidates by 10%+.
The company believes that the realistic nature of CoderPad interviews is what makes candidates more attracted to the role and clients more attracted to the candidate. It also ensures better fit so that when the candidate accepts the offer, they are likely to stick around for a longer tenure.
We have seen reduced turnover because CoderPad helps us to ensure true alignment between candidates and job roles
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A Transformed Process With Meaningful Results
With CoderPad, the HN Services team has benefited via:
A reliable platform
The tool has such high uptime and never crashes during evaluations
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A way to evaluate a breadth of technical talent
CoderPad supports a huge number of programming languages without complex configurations
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The ability to streamline the interview process and save time
We don’t have to do as many interviews with CoderPad because the quality of interviews is so much more higher and more effective
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A higher offer accept and a lower turnover rate
The increased candidate to hire conversion rate and lower turnover rate is due to candidates really getting to see what working like would be here via the CoderPad interview process
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