Andela adds Code Test Playback feature to enhance transparency in technical hiring

 Andela, the digital marketplace for technical talent has added a Code Test Playback Feature aimed at improving hiring decisions by giving customers insights into the technologists’ coding strategies and problem-solving approaches in real-time.

Founded in 2014 in Nigeria,Andela is private marketplace of skilled digital talent. Its AI-powered platform, Andela Talent Cloud, optimizes the process of finding the right talent and getting projects started fast. The company manages all the groundwork associated with borderless hiring, from compliance and payroll to talent management.It’s  talent ecosystem spans over 135 countries, including Africa and Latin America, and is highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Engineering, Data & Analytics, and more.

According to said Jake Hoffner, co-founder of Qualified, Senior Director of Product Management at Andela,” the company has some of the brightest tech talent from around the world. With the new code playback feature, talent have the unique opportunity to showcase their skills,”

“Technologists can already set themselves apart by displaying their certifications and badges that highlight their skills proficiency on their Andela Talent Cloud profiles .”

With the new code playback feature, technical hiring managers can see talent’s critical thinking process and unique approaches to problem-solving first-hand, gaining predictive insight into how talent will perform on the job and eliminating the extra step of coding interviews to gain these insights.”

With organizations facing a severe shortage of key talent and 90% of organizations saying they will have a meaningful skills gap in the coming years, then hiring for potential is crucial, according to McKinsey. 

One of the distinctive features of Andela Talent Cloud and the added code playback is that the coding tests within the platform are written the same way code production tests are, thus utilizing a recommended benchmark for coding strategy.

The feature also incorporates deep proctoring abilities that call out key events, such as a user exiting and returning to the window and external copying and pasting to ensure an honest and transparent process.

With Andela Talent Cloud, companies benefit from a faster, richer, more efficient hiring experience. The single integrated platform streamlines the complete hiring lifecycle by helping companies’ source, qualify, hire, manage, and pay global technologists.

In addition to providing visibility into rich talent profiles and code playback, the platform opens access to a global pool of certified talent and optimizes time consuming processes like interview scheduling.  

“It’s so important for companies to bring on the right people with the right skills at the right time to achieve results.” said Courtney Machi, Andela’s Vice President of Product.  

“We believe that giving hiring managers full transparency and rich data that they can use to make critical recruiting decisions is the best way for everyone involved to achieve the outcomes we all want – successful projects, happy teams, and business results.”

Andela acquired Qualified.io in 2023 and has since incorporated the assessment platform into Andela Talent Cloud, offering clients a unique approach to scaling their teams with specific skill sets.