Guides to screening technical candidates
What to actually test for, and how to score it. Each guide is written against the same premise as the product: a résumé tells you where someone has been, and only a work sample tells you what they can do. Including where that premise runs out.
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Candidate assessment
What it is, and which method suits which role.
7 min readUpdated Sep 2026
Assessment methods
Candidate assessmentAssessment methods
- Skills assessments
Skills assessments
The hiring sense, not the career quiz.
6 min readUpdated Sep 2026 - Technical skills assessment
Technical skills assessment
What to test instead of a puzzle.
7 min readUpdated Sep 2026 - Communication assessment
Communication assessment
The competency everyone lists and nobody tests.
6 min readUpdated Aug 2026 - Pre-employment assessment
Pre-employment assessment
What holds up if someone challenges it.
6 min readUpdated Aug 2026
Tools & software
- Assessment tools compared
Assessment tools compared
Four categories, and when ours is wrong.
7 min readUpdated Sep 2026 - AI candidate screening
AI candidate screening
What it can do, and where it breaks.
7 min readUpdated Aug 2026 - Hiring software for small teams
Hiring software for small teams
Whether you need an ATS yet.
6 min readUpdated Sep 2026
By role
- Technical interview questions
Technical interview questions
The ones that separate candidates.
6 min readUpdated Aug 2026 - Assess a DevOps engineer
Assess a DevOps engineer
Judgement under pressure, not tool familiarity.
4 min readUpdated Sep 2026 - Assess a data engineer
Assess a data engineer
The stakeholder half that screens never test.
3 min readUpdated Sep 2026 - Assess an engineering manager
Assess an engineering manager
And what no assessment can tell you.
4 min readUpdated Sep 2026
Screening practice
- Five checks
Five checks
Separating real skill from a good résumé.
4 min readUpdated Sep 2026 - When candidates use AI
When candidates use AI
Why detection fails, and the check that still works.
7 min readUpdated Sep 2026
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