Andela and Qualified Join Forces

We're excited to announce that Andela and Qualified are joining forces!

ATS Integration: Qualified + Recruitee

Qualified now offers an ATS integration with the modern hiring software, Recruitee.

Announcement: Qualified now Integrates with Lever

Qualified now integrates with Lever for a more streamlined hiring process.

Why Dev Team Communication Matters During the Onboarding Process

On average, one-third of employees quit within the first six months.

The Developer Interview Process is Flawed

Years ago, I was once so anxious during a job interview that when the hiring manager asked the classic question What are you weaknesses? I froze, stuttered, and listed out all of my actual weaknesses like I was at confession.

Psychological Safety: The top indicator for effective teams

Managers rarely have a cut and dry list of responsibilities. When rising through the ranks of software engineering, developers make the transition from software problem solving to people problem solving.

Q&A Challenge Refresher

Interactive Pair Programming: Working Alongside Candidates & Students

Introducing Qualified Jobs

We are excited to announce Qualified Jobs, our new job board with deep integration into our Codewars community. With access to over 3 million developers, Qualified is in a unique position to help developers find their dream job, and for companies to reach their growth objectives with highly qualified talent!

The Qualified Manifesto On Hiring Software Developers

The philosophy, ideals, and behaviors that guide everything from our product strategy to our own processes for hiring software engineers.

Introducing Qualified SmartIDE

Web-based code editors are not new.

Reducing Time and Effort: Hiring Software Developers with Evidence Based Processes

Hiring a good software developer can be a major undertaking. Figuring out who to hire, how to interview them, and what questions to ask takes time and effort. In this article we'll cover some evidence based hiring techniques that will help reduce the time and effort spent on hiring while at the same time improving the efficacy of the process.

How To Hire Coding School Graduates

A step-by-step playbook to successfully hire coding school graduates and set them up for success within your engineering team

Getting deeper insights with our Inspect Solution feature

Reviewing a candidate's code is already pretty powerful within Qualified.

New Major Release: New Stats, Insights, Challenge List, React Native and more!

We are excited to announce a major new release for Qualified!

Introducing Qualified Reports

We're excited to announce the official release of Qualified Reports

5 Steps To Transition To Fully Remote Software Engineering Hiring

At Qualified, our team has always been 100% remote. That means we’ve hired our entire engineering team remotely and have always considered the remote experience when building our developer assessment platform. This post provides straightforward guidance on how you can take your old on-site hiring process and adapt it for the remote first world.

Colt Steele: What I've Learned Assessing 600,000+ Software Engineers

Colt Steele is a software engineer and educator that's built development curriculum for companies like Udemy, Springboard, Galvanize, and Udacity. We caught up with Colt to discuss what he's learned about teaching coding to 600,000+ software engineers.

The Science Behind Making Software Engineering Interviews Truly Predictive of Job Performance

There is a plethora of data and research available that outlines *exactly* how companies can build a hiring process for software engineers that's truly predictive of their future, on-the-job performance. Yet, the tech industry at large has all but ignored these practices opting instead for antiquated hiring processes with low preditive validity.

The Best Personal Software Engineering Blogs

This list of personal software engineering blogs represents the best of the best. Whether you’re stuck writing a particularly challenging bit of code or are simply looking for some inspiration from your peers, these blogs are worth having on your radar.

Why Tech Companies Should Launch Corporate Software Engineering Blogs

The idea of technology companies launching their own software engineering blogs is far from new, but the vast majority of companies who head down this path do so for ill-informed reasons.

Developers Can Now Complete Qualified Assessments In Their Own IDE

Last month we published the Qualified Manifesto, which shared with the world the philosophy that guides everything from

Qualified's Dashboard Just Got A Facelift

When you login to your Qualified account you may notice that things look a bit different.

Dear VP of Engineering (An Open Letter From HR)

It’s me again… your Director of Talent Acquisition. Our conversations lately have been a bit tense, so I wanted to reach out and extend the proverbial olive branch.

Introducing Project Code Challenges

Our latest product update is our biggest strike yet in our war against synthetic coding challenges that test only algorithmic skills.

Andela Is Building Africa’s Tech Ecosystem—And Companies Like Microsoft Are Following Suit

Why Some Developers Hate Coding Skills Tests (And What Hiring Managers Can Do To Change That)

Not all software engineers appreciate coding skills tests—and with good reason. But if wielded intelligently coding assessments actually represent an opportunity to build your employer brand, build credibility, and give candidates a flavor of the culture they'll encounter within your engineering team.

The Key to Becoming a Great Software Developer

If you are new to software development, whether starting as a professional or even just learning as a student, you probably find the culture intimidating.

Reviewing is Everything: A tool that makes assessing candidates easier

Playback is such a simple but significant feature. When reviewing code, it’s great to “see” how a candidate approaches a problem, makes mistakes, and figures out how to remedy them.

The High Cost of Developer Mis-Hire

We ran the numbers, and the cost of landing a new developer will set a company back roughly $22,750 — dive into the numbers with us and figure out why.

First Impressions: Your Candidate Experience is Everything

For tech organizations, recruiting talented engineers is a time-consuming and often challenging process that can directly impact company goals and the bottom line.

Top Features & Improvements of 2018

Beyond Code: How Qualified Builds Great Tools

As one of the leading software tools to use for hiring technical talent, we can’t help but want to talk about what it’s like to be on our team.

A Small Trick to Assess a Developer’s Prior Knowledge: Timed Quiz Questions & Quizzes

How To Create An Effective Coding Challenge

In this guide, we’ll explore general concepts, goals, and tips for creating challenges for the Qualified Candidate Assess system.

How To Build A Great Coding Assessment

In this guide, we'll explore general concepts, goals, and tips for outlining a great assessment for any Qualified Candidate.

What Is The Difference Between An Assessment And A Challenge?

At the core of our Product, there is the ability to assess a candidates skill. The way that we do this is through the creation of assessments and challenges.

Hiring Software Developers Cheat Sheet

Now is the best time ever to be a software developer. With a high base salary of $90K+, great benefits packages,

7 Traits To Look For When Hiring Software Developers

Hiring the right engineer for the job is critical to a company's success. So, how can we ensure that we are finding the perfect person for the position

Qualified Featured on Inc. — 4 Ways to Recruit Better Talent

Inc. explores how companies are evolving their hiring process for greater effectiveness.

Create coding assessments in multiple languages with the push of a button

At Qualified we believe in assessing developers in a modern coding environment and testing their code in an intuitive format.

Finding Flow as a Developer

Software development is hard. In fact, I suspect one of the biggest reasons many of us enjoy programming is because we know it’s hard.

Tips for Assessing Awesome AngularJS Developers

Hiring AngularJS developers is, on many levels, no different than hiring any other front-end software developer.

The Hidden Cost of Hiring Software Engineers—$22,750/hire

Great Developers Don’t Need To Be “Passionate”

There’s a common expectation when looking for great developers that they need to be “passionate” about coding, which is often equated to coding long hours.

Hiring Programmers Is Hard: How to be More Efficient

Hiring software developers is one of the most important aspects of building a successful business.