Early careers

Internships and graduate programs: find potential, not just résumés

Assess logical reasoning, behavioral profile and languages across thousands of applicants, with an experience that respects candidates from start to finish.

Early careers

What is early careers hiring and how does Coodesh support it?

Early careers hiring is the process of selecting students and recent graduates for internships and graduate programs, where there is little work history to assess and thousands of applicants for the same cohort. Coodesh turns each stage into a single candidate journey: logical reasoning, behavioral profile, language, an AI Interview and a case study for finalists, with the same criteria for everyone and a human review before every decision.

Early-career applicants have short résumés, and filtering by university or past experience leaves real potential out. At the same time, the volume makes it impossible to interview everyone. Measuring skills in an online assessment solves both problems, as long as the candidate experience holds up: clear deadlines, accessibility, feedback at the end and a person on your team making the final call.

  • Adaptive testing matches difficulty to each person's performance.
  • One shareable link works for every applicant.
  • New assessments include 25% extra time for candidates who request it.
  • Results stay hidden until the release date you choose.

How internship and graduate recruitment works on Coodesh

  1. Design the program stages

    Split the assessment into sections with their own weights, such as logical reasoning, language and behavioral profile. Save the AI Interview and case study for those who move on.

  2. Open applications

    Share a link with a source marker for each channel, or bulk invite from a spreadsheet, and set the opening and closing dates.

  3. Candidates pick their time

    Within the window, each person schedules a day and time to take the assessment and gets a Google or Outlook invite plus an email reminder.

  4. Your team reviews and follows up

    Score bands organize the queue. Your team reviews who moves forward, decides and releases results to the whole cohort on the date you set.

Graduate recruitment features built for volume

Each feature helps you assess thousands of people with the same criteria while treating first-time candidates well.

  • Logical reasoning and adaptive testing

    Cognitive ability tests from the library measure logical reasoning. In FAST assessments, adaptive testing adjusts difficulty to performance and measures each person at their level with fewer questions.

  • Behavioral profile

    DISC and Big Five describe how a person tends to work and help you prepare the interview. They support a decision, with no better or worse profile.

  • Language Test

    English and Spanish proficiency tests, plus audio or video answers when you want to hear the candidate speak.

  • AI Interview and video introduction

    The AI Interview asks everyone the same questions, in the language the candidate chooses. In the Introduction question, candidates record a video about themselves, with the length and attempts you set.

  • Coding challenges for tech internships

    For software roles, beginner-level coding questions run in a browser IDE and are graded by unit tests.

  • Integrity rules that fit the program

    An internship program does not need the same rules as a critical senior role. Each assessment sets which proctoring signals to record and how much each one weighs.

Common early careers programs

  • High-volume internship programs

    A shareable link, logical reasoning and a Language Test handle the first screen. Only those who move forward reach the AI Interview and the conversation with managers.

  • Multi-stage graduate programs

    Weighted sections, a case study delivered as a file and a video introduction show more than a résumé, and the assessment list shows the funnel by status at every stage.

  • Diversity and inclusion programs

    The accessibility menu, Face Control and extra time let candidates with disabilities take the same assessment as everyone else.

Plan your next internship or graduate program

Start for free and build every stage of your program with the same criteria for all applicants.

Frequently asked questions

How do you assess thousands of graduate program applicants?

Split the process into stages. First, an online assessment with logical reasoning, language and a behavioral profile, sent through a shareable link or bulk invites, narrows the volume without tying up your team. Score bands organize the results, and those who move forward go on to the AI Interview and a case study. Manager interviews are for finalists, and a person on your team makes the call at every stage.

How does a logical reasoning test for internships work?

In the Coodesh library, the Cognitive Ability type groups tests of logical reasoning and mental agility, graded automatically. You add the test to the assessment, set its weight in the final score and combine it with other stages, such as language and behavioral profile. In FAST assessments, adaptive testing adjusts difficulty to each person's performance, which keeps the test shorter and measures every candidate at their own level.

How do you give feedback to early-career candidates?

You control what each person sees and when. You can hide scores and schedule the results release for a few days later or a fixed date, the same for the whole cohort, or send results manually. Candidates who reach the minimum score can get a certificate by email. If a candidate finds a question ambiguous, they can contest it during the test, and your company decides whether to credit that person or void the question for everyone.

How do you prevent cheating in online internship tests?

Start with prevention: shuffle questions, set an opening and closing window and use adaptive testing, where the questions depend on each person's performance. Proctoring logs signals such as tab switching and pasted text, and each assessment sets how much every signal weighs, so an internship program can run lighter rules than a senior role. The platform flags the signals; your team decides what they mean.

Are the assessments accessible for candidates with disabilities?

Yes. The accessibility menu is on every screen, including during the test, with text and contrast settings, a dyslexia-friendly font and Face Control, which moves the cursor with head movements. Candidates use it without asking for permission, and it changes neither the score nor the timer. New assessments come with accessibility on and 25% extra time for those who request it, and you can allow breaks.

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