HireRoo Launches Practical Coding Assessment Feature for Engineers in the AI Era

Introduction

In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, assessing engineering skills accurately is more crucial than ever.株式会社ハイヤールー, headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, has launched an innovative feature in their platform, 'HireRoo Skill Interview', aimed at enhancing the evaluation process for engineers in the AI-driven era. This new feature offers a 'practical format' approach, allowing for a more realistic assessment of coding skills.

Details of the New Feature

The 'practical format' allows candidates to clone a GitHub repository and implement changes based on given task requirements. Instead of answering within an editor screen on the 'HireRoo Skill Interview' platform, candidates engage in a work process that mimics real-world development environments. This hands-on approach leads to a more authentic evaluation of an engineer’s capabilities.

Evaluation Criteria

This innovative assessment method focuses on three main criteria:
1. Coding Skills: This includes naming conventions, readability, and reusability of code.
2. Team Development Skills: Evaluation on commit granularity, consistency of messages, and clarity of pull requests.
3. Requirement Fulfillment Capability: A check to ensure all specifications are met.

Alongside these quantitative metrics, a qualitative feedback report, powered by generative AI, is automatically generated. This report adds an additional layer of evaluation by outlining comments on code quality, allowing for a more comprehensive understanding of each candidate’s performance.

Furthermore, the feature offers insights into the overall development process, providing data on time taken, commit counts, and code differences. This detailed visibility allows hiring managers to effectively gauge technical capabilities during the selection process.

Background of the Feature Launch

With the rapid proliferation of generative AI, its integration into engineering tasks has become commonplace. However, this shift has made it increasingly challenging for companies to identify candidates who can effectively thrive in real-world environments. The 'practical format' assessment focuses on the actual development processes where AI use is assumed, enabling reliable evaluations of code quality, teamwork in developing commits and pull requests, as well as adaptability to real-life technical demands.

Looking ahead, plans are in place to further enhance this feature by incorporating issues related to existing code modifications and evaluating the application of generative AI in problem-solving.

Promotion of Skill Interview Services

‘HireRoo’ strives to modernize skill interviews for the AI era. It enables companies to easily achieve big tech-level hiring standards while visualizing engineers' skills—ultimately reducing mismatches in hiring and standardizing interview processes.

Since its inception, over 200 companies, including Emthree, freee, and SmartHR, have adopted this innovative platform, with more than 50,000 assessments conducted. Additionally, its integration with the hiring management system, 'sonar ATS', is currently expanding its user base.

For insights into skill interviews, you can also refer to videos published by PIVOT.

About HireRoo

Awards & Recognitions

- Best Award at HONGO AI 2023
- Champion of ICC Summit Fukuoka 2023 | SaaS Rising Star Catapult
- Encouragement Award at ASPIC Cloud Award 2023
- 8th HR Technology Grand Prize
- Champion of ICC Summit Fukuoka 2025 | Guardian Catapult

Company Overview

株式会社ハイヤールー is dedicated to elevating the recruitment and technical skills of engineering organizations. The platform 'HireRoo' offers two solutions: skill assessment and optimal matching with talent, facilitating a new recruitment paradigm suitable for the AI era.

Key Aspects:

- HireRoo Skill Interview: An evaluation tool that accurately assesses engineers' skills through detailed prior tasks and deep interviews, providing valuable insights for post-hire performance.
- HireRoo Skill Hiring: Focuses on identifying high-skill candidates outside the typical immediate-value framework and offers potential evaluations capable of matching demand to supply accurately.

Through this platform, the aim is to enhance the technological capabilities of Japanese companies and uplift the engineering culture aligned with the mission statement 'Japan as No.1, again.'