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Top 10 Coderbyte alternatives to hire top tech talent
In the world of tech recruitment, coding assessment tools are all the rage – and for a good reason. You can use them to get a strong idea of your candidates’ coding skills and even set up coding challenges and hackathons to attract top talent. Coderbyte is a popular screening tool for technical roles, enabling you to assess candidates’ programming skills and performance, but it has a few limitations, too, which prompt some hiring managers to look for other options. So, if you’re looking for the
Top 35 informational interview questions to begin your interviews
Informational interview questions are a great way to start an interview. You can use them to simply gather more information about your candidate’s skills, experiences, and career goals, before you start asking them more challenging situational or technical questions. This strategy helps your interviewees feel more relaxed; we all know how nerve-wrecking interviews can be, so ensuring a positive candidate experience is important. In this article, we’ve collected the best informational intervi
Top 25 internal interview questions to spot and promote your best talent
Do you have an internal mobility policy? How about an internal talent marketplace? Internal recruitment is a win-win strategy: Your employees can grow and feel happier and more engaged at work and you can fill open positions faster and at a fraction of the cost. But to spot the best talent for any role and eliminate any unfair internal hiring practices, you need a well-structured interviewing process. Even if you think you know your team members well, assessing their skills and conducting inter
How to hire a PR manager
Navigating the world of public relations (PR) can be tricky business – especially since the wrong PR manager can put your brand's reputation on the line. Not only that, but a subpar PR pro can also shake customer and investor confidence and even land you in some sticky legal and financial situations. We get it: Building a good PR team is no walk in the park. It's a specialized field with unique challenges, making it all too easy to miss the mark when hiring. But don't sweat it! That's why we're
65 Apache Kafka interview questions to hire top talent (+ 25 sample answers)
Assessing technical skills accurately and objectively is more important than ever, especially when hiring data engineers and software developers to work on your big data projects. And, if your team uses Apache Kafka, you need to make sure future hires are proficient with it and know how to use it to handle massive streams of data. But how can you do that? The easiest way to identify the best person to hire is to: Use pre-employment skills testing to filter out those who simply don’t have the r
Employee referrals: A powerful tool for finding – and keeping – top talent
What if we told you there was a way to source candidates that not only attracts top talent but also keeps them around for the long haul? Employee referrals are a great hiring strategy to boost retention rates in your organization. They help identify candidates best suited for a role, create a positive work environment, and make your existing employees feel respected – all factors contributing to employee loyalty. But there’s an important caveat. While employee referrals are a great candidate s
50 Jenkins interview questions to hire top developers
If your development team uses Jenkins to streamline their DevOps processes and CI/CD pipelines, securing the right talent is crucial. To help you identify top Jenkins talent, we've compiled a list of 50 Jenkins interview questions, along with sample answers to 20 of them. Use them to evaluate the technical knowledge and the practical experience of your candidates and make sure they’re the right fit for your projects. But how do you decide whom to interview? Use a Jenkins test to sift through a
55 Java 8 interview questions (+ sample answers) to assess developers’ skills
Even though Java 8 was introduced over 10 years ago, it’s still super relevant today. Its new capabilities over earlier versions have made developers and businesses worldwide adopt it at scale, to the point that Java 8 became an industry standard. So, when hiring developers, you might still want to review their Java 8 skills. Make sure they’re familiar with its key features (such as lambda expressions, streams, and the new Date and Time API) and that they’re able to use them to create elegant,
How to hire a squarespace designer (And mistakes to avoid)
Squarespace designers’ resumes can be dazzling – but as a hiring manager, you’ll need to dig deeper to know what they’re really made of. After all, picking the wrong designer can be a real headache. You might end up with a site that’s confusing to navigate, doesn’t reflect your brand, or flops on mobile. We’re here to help you avoid all that agony. In this article, we walk you through what to look for in stellar Squarespace designers, where to find them, and how to assess them once they’re in yo
Could AI lead to the rise of mediocre work?
A 2023 survey by the professional network app Fishbowl involving over 11,700 workers found that 43% use AI for their work tasks. [1] This statistic raises various questions about the impact of AI on employees, businesses, and the future of work. A question at the forefront of our minds is: Could AI lead to the rise of mediocre work? Our conclusion: absolutely, depending on how your employees use it. TestGorilla’s Senior Product Manager, Gustavo Imhof, sums up our position: “AI, when not levera
Top 45 Spark interview questions to find the best data engineers
Apache Spark is a powerful tool for processing and analyzing big data, making Spark skills and experience a hot commodity. If you rely on Spark for your big data projects, finding the right talent who’s proficient with it is as important as it is tricky. Without the right experts on board, your projects might not live up to their potential, resulting in less impactful (or sometimes even plainly wrong) insights. To help you spot the best Apache Spark talent, we've put together a list of 45 Apach
Top 8 HireVue alternatives to interview and hire top talent
HireVue is a video interviewing platform that uses AI to assess candidates’ performance. The company has been around since 2004, making it one of the pioneers of video interviews – and has started using AI to assess candidates’ answers since 2013, which is also one of its key features. This way, according to HireVue, you can predict applicants’ job performance and rate them before you spend time actually interviewing them on a live video call (or in person). However, not every candidate might
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