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title: "A Gamified & Realistic Candidate Experience - CoderPad"
description: "Developers, Data Scientists, DevOps... Recruiting IT profiles is easy with CoderPad - Offer your candidates a unique experience!"
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last_modified: "2025-05-01 07:00:29"
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# Gamification and candidate experience

96% of candidates who start a CoderPad Screen test, finish it. Relevant and enjoyable tests are key to candidate experience.

- Coding games
- Familiar IDE
- Language choice
- Custom messages
- Instant results share
- Anxiety reduction
[Get a demo](https://coderpad.io/sales/) [See candidate test experience](https://ide.codingame.com/22230098?id=7199374d1bbc1cb4b30e8b09a662534acb4c93e)

## Gamified coding exercises

Screening tests don’t have to be boring. Game-based programming exercises let candidates show their skills in a fun way.

- Coding controls the action to win the game.
- Visual rendering interacts in real-time with candidates’ code.
- Free practice on our community, [CodinGame.com](https://www.codingame.com/start/), loved by 3 million developers.
![coderpad screen coding games challenges](https://coderpad.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/coderpad-screen-claw-game-programming-exericise.png)

## Familiar, intuitive IDE

Candidates can use our IDE immediately. Zero learning curve. Zero stress. Just a great experience.

- VS Code-based editor with features, including error highlighting and autocompletion.
- Real-time code execution to quickly verify code with test cases.
- Accessibility features, such as dark mode and keyboard navigation.

## Language-independent questions

Let candidates choose the language they feel most confident with to solve coding problems.

- Available in 13 languages: C, C#, C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, PHP, Python 3, Ruby, Scala, Swift, TypeScript.
- Focus on problem-solving rather than rote memorization of language features.
- Identify adaptability and ability to apply their skills across different technologies.
![CoderPad Screen offers a library of robust language-independent questions](https://coderpad.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/coderpad-screen-language-independent-questions.png)

## Optimized communication with candidates

Screen makes it easier to keep the candidate in the loop.

- Customize messages on invitation, test beginning and end.
- Automatically share test results for instant feedback.
- English, French and Spanish available for questions, the test interface, and emails.

## Eliminate test anxiety

Reduce test stress so candidates can show their true skills.

- Practice tutorials based on test content so candidates can get comfortable first.
- Take a break during longer tests and you can create tests without a timer.
- Second chance option so candidates can ask to try again if situations arise.