Technology

Tech hiring: assess engineers the way they actually work

Coding challenges, an AI-assisted IDE and AI technical interviews for engineering, product and data teams — with proctoring and reports you can compare across candidates.

Technology

What is tech hiring, and how does Coodesh assess engineers?

Tech hiring is the process of sourcing, assessing and hiring people for software engineering, data, product and AI roles, based on what they can do rather than what their résumé claims. Coodesh puts it in one assessment: coding tests that actually run, an AI-assisted IDE, AI interviews and proctoring, with a report you can compare across candidates.

A résumé and a phone screen say little about how someone writes code, models data or makes architecture calls. Meanwhile, AI assistants changed how engineers work and made cheating on remote tests easier. Coodesh handles both: it tests candidates in a real dev environment under the AI policy you set, records how each answer was built and leaves the decision to a person on your team.

  • 6,000+ questions and 400 ready-made tests in the library.
  • Candidate code runs on Coodesh servers in dozens of languages.
  • AI use policy set per question, adjustable per assessment.
  • Platform and questions in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

How to hire software engineers with Coodesh

  1. Find candidates

    Post the role, connect your ATS or run an AI talent search: describe the stack, seniority and languages, and get matching profiles from the Coodesh talent pool and your own, with a per-criterion analysis.

  2. Build the assessment by role

    Mix coding challenges, the remote IDE, SQL, system design and an AI Interview in sections with their own weights. Filter the library by level, career and technology, or bring your own problems.

  3. Candidates work in the browser

    Nothing to install: they code, query databases and talk to the AI interviewer. Integrity features run at the level of control the role needs.

  4. Your team compares and decides

    Scores come by test and by skill, with integrity events and recordings in the same report. Who moves forward is always your team's call.

Developer assessment for engineering, data and AI roles

Each feature covers part of the real job, and they all fit in a single assessment.

  • Coding challenges

    Programming questions with unit tests score in real time. Leave the language open or restrict it to your team's stack.

  • AI-assisted programming

    The remote IDE runs projects in React, Vue, Angular, Django, Laravel, .NET and Spring Boot. Reviewers see the final code, the commits and, if your policy allows AI, the chat with the AI agent.

  • SQL and system design

    In SQL questions, candidates query a real database and the result is checked against your answer key. On the whiteboard, they draw the architecture and can record a walkthrough.

  • AI Interview

    An AI interviewer runs the conversation by voice or text, with the same topics for everyone and follow-ups when an answer is thin. Your team reviews the transcript and the recording.

  • AI talent search and shortlists

    Describe the profile in English, Spanish or Portuguese and see, criterion by criterion, why each person fits. For hard-to-fill roles, ask Coodesh for a shortlist.

  • Proctoring and cheating detection

    External pastes, text inserted without pasting and tab switches are logged, and code and SQL answers show how they were written. Webcam supervision with AI image analysis adds evidence when the role calls for it.

Which tech roles to assess this way

  • Software engineering

    For frontend, backend and full-stack roles, pair coding challenges with the remote IDE in the role's framework and see how the person delivers with and without AI.

  • Data and analytics

    SQL questions on a real database, Python coding challenges and the spreadsheet simulator show whether the person gets to the right number.

  • Product, senior and tech lead roles

    System design, an open question on prioritization and an AI Interview show judgment and trade-offs before the panel interview.

Run your first technical assessment

Start for free and send a coding challenge to your next candidates.

Frequently asked questions

How do you assess developers who code with AI?

Use the remote IDE question. You decide per question, and can adjust per assessment, whether candidates may use an AI assistant. The default is the most restrictive setting, so nothing gets enabled by accident. When AI is allowed, reviewers get the final code, the commit history and the candidate's chat with the AI agent, and you can ask for a screen recording where the candidate explains the work.

Which languages and frameworks do Coodesh coding tests support?

Programming questions run on Coodesh's own servers, which execute code in dozens of languages; C, C++, Rust, Cobol and Dart were added in 2025. For frameworks, the remote IDE runs projects in Vue, React, Angular, Django, Laravel, .NET and Spring Boot. The library covers more than 30 careers, such as frontend, backend, DevOps and data, and you can request new questions when a technology is missing.

How do you prevent cheating on remote technical assessments?

Turn on the assessment's integrity features: browser controls, webcam supervision with AI image analysis and screen recording. The platform logs external pastes, text inserted without pasting, such as from AI assistants, tab switches and open developer tools. Code and SQL answers also show how they were written. These signals guide the review and never reject anyone on their own: your team decides what each event means.

Can we use our own technical challenges?

Yes. Create programming, SQL, project or whiteboard questions in your private library, with a reference solution, test cases or grading criteria, and take the test yourself before sending it. If you already have a question bank, bulk import it by CSV or JSON, including weights, goals and grading criteria. Questions you create stay private to your company and can be cloned for other roles.

Can Coodesh source candidates or run the whole process?

Yes, in three ways. With AI talent search, your team describes the profile and searches the Coodesh talent pool and its own candidate base. With a shortlist request, Coodesh specialists or AI agents look for matching profiles and deliver a short list for the role. With Full Service Hiring, Coodesh runs the process end to end and your team only steps in for the final decisions.

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