G2

Jacob J.

Principal Engineer / Engineering Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/22/2023

"Among standardized programming assessments, this one really stands out."

4/5

What do you like best about CodinGame?

The interface is clean and easy to navigate. The questions seem well targeted and realistic, without catering to overly-niche domain knowledge or rote memorization. The coding exercises were effective and reliable, and reasonably easy to understand, although the Java exercise I attempted did not clarify the criteria for the desired output very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodinGame?

It seems like the time limits are a little too short, and favor speed readers and rote memorization over analytical skill and attention to detail. Like most standardized assessments, it also struggles to capture the skill one might display in a real-world software engineering environment, but not as badly as most of them do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CodinGame solving and how is that benefiting you?

More and more companies are using standardized assessments to screen technical candidates, which is a bit of a double-edged sword. I find a lot of them make basic mistakes like favoring rote memorization, or catering to an overly narrow set of domain expertise. Many of them are also difficult to navigate or render code poorly, making it hard to read and understand. If I'm going to have to take a standardized assessment, this is a good one. It seems to target broad, basic understanding of topics, and it's clean and easy to navigate, and feels like it's assessing something closer to real-world skill than most of the others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.