This guide will take you through everything you need to know to choose a technical interview & assessment vendor, including: • Defining your current technical hiring needs• Mapping key recruiting metrics to vendor requirements• Identifying common red flags in the live sales demo Your guide also provides a free, fully customizable RFP template that makes it easy to evaluate & […]

Fact: Companies that are racially and ethnically diverse outperform industry norms by 35%. This guide brings together proven strategies from leaders in engineering and talent acquisition at leading companies for increasing diversity on your engineering team. These include: • Avoiding bias in technical questions• Conducting structured interviews• Leveraging expertise from IO Psychologists• And more

In 2018, Greenhouse—the industry-leading applicant tracking system (ATS)—had a technical interview problem. Lots of candidates were making it through to the onsite interview phase, and many of them were unqualified. On top of that, the onsite interview itself wasn’t providing great insight into candidates’ skills or potential. That’s when they turned to CodeSignal for help. Here are 3 benefits Greenhouse […]

When companies need to hire software developers and engineers, they often start with the traditional recruiting methods: resumes, cover letters, interviews, and reference checks. Changemaking recruiting and talent acquisition leaders are starting to recognize the limitations of the traditional recruiting approach and use new methods to find top technical candidates. One of these innovative methods is pre-employment skill assessment. This […]

Technical skills assessments, such as coding tests and technical screening interviews, are one of the most valid and effective methods used by innovative and growth-oriented companies to hire technical talent faster than the competition. However, to keep them effective while scaling hiring, assessments must be actively monitored and maintained to protect against leaked questions and plagiarism. In this paper, we […]

Tech companies are becoming more data-driven, and recruiting teams are not exempt. If your recruiting and talent acquisition leaders aren’t yet tracking and quantifying the value they bring to your company, now is the time to start. In fact, 70% of hiring managers believe that recruiting teams need to become more data-driven to improve their long-term business impact. Here are […]

How much time do you and your team spend screening and hiring technical talent?Some engineering managers spend 15% of their time or more just on recruiting talent for open positions. Change these 4 areas to drastically cut down the time spent searching for candidates:• Technical interviewing• Creating coding questions• Managing leaked questions• Evaluating candidates

University recruiting is full of challenges. While trying to find the best fit for their internship and new grad roles, recruiters must manage a high volume of candidates within a tight timeline of just a few weeks. On top of that, 2020 and 2021 demanded a revisit of many tried-and-true university recruiting processes, like career fairs and on-campus interviewing. How […]