Benefits of Evalart's Coding Tests

Evaluating IT profiles, specifically programmers, has always been a complex process. Technical interviews are useful, but they tend to favor those candidates who know how to sell themselves best, and although knowing how to sell yourself is important, it is not one of the most important factors in a developer's job. Theoretical written tests help, but they can be biased depending on how much the candidate has used the specific knowledge the test measures. I know this firsthand because I remember an interview a couple of decades ago in which, on an exam, they asked me how to make a database connection in Power Builder. I had some years of experience in Power Builder and mastered the language, but... the company I worked for already had a class created that managed the connection, so I never had to make a connection myself and I did not know the answer. Finally, theoretical knowledge does not guarantee that a person is a good programmer (it is like believing that someone who knows about music, who knows many melodies and techniques, necessarily knows how to play an instrument very well). It is therefore necessary to evaluate programming skills, but doing this on paper is cumbersome, and asking each candidate to write code for you to compile yourself is as well.

This is where the advantages of a platform like Evalart begin, since it includes both theoretical programming questions and practical questions. Practical questions are evaluated automatically. The candidate writes and runs their programs online, and then the platform assigns a score based on several factors. This is where Evalart offers some important advantages over manual alternatives or other platforms.

Scenario Evaluation

Evalart evaluates the code written by the programmer by running it in various scenarios, in order to validate that the programmer has considered edge cases and other cases where a trivial solution could fail.

Performance Evaluation

Evalart has questions where the efficiency, in terms of performance, of the code written by the candidate is evaluated. An answer that obtains the results faster receives a higher score.

Code Efficiency

Sometimes a candidate can solve the problem posed, but their code is inefficient. For example, programs that repeat the same code many times instead of using more general code.

Evaluation of proximity to the correct answer

A problem that affects some online coding test platforms is that if the candidate writes a perfect program but fails to print the result correctly, they receive a score of zero. Evalart uses advanced algorithms to recognize, for example, that if the program responded "Greater 10" instead of "Greater: 10", the candidate receives part of the score, differentiating them from the candidate who achieved nothing at all.

Different levels of difficulty and tests by profile

Evalart includes questions and tests of various levels of difficulty, which allows you to use the tests that best measure the level of experience and skill required for various positions. Evalart also includes a list of positions for which the recommended tests for that particular profile are indicated, considering the difficulty, knowledge, and skills that the position requires.

Multiple programming languages, including pseudocode.

Evalart includes many programming languages to evaluate candidates in Java, Python, C#, Visual Basic, JavaScript, PHP, and SQL. In addition, Evalart includes questions to be answered using pseudocode, which allows you to evaluate general programming skills, independent of mastery of a particular programming language. This is ideal for evaluating junior candidates or for evaluating candidates in a language not supported by the platform.

Evalart takes all of the points mentioned above into account to evaluate each programming question, automatically generating a score that takes all these factors into account. Thanks to this, the test results are an excellent predictor of the candidate's future performance.

Evalart is used by hundreds of users around the world to evaluate candidates in IT selection processes (as well as other positions), and every month thousands of people are evaluated on the platform. In addition to the technical programming exams, Evalart includes a broad library of tests, both technical and from other areas, from QA to project management, as well as intelligence tests, psychometric tests, and various skills and knowledge tests.

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