Competency questions, a live coding challenge that genuinely runs, and a system-design round. What comes back is a scorecard that quotes the candidate, not a bare number.
Enough time on each part that none of it feels rushed.
The warm-up doesn't eat the session. Each part gets its own stretch, and as the end approaches the candidate gets a nudge rather than being cut off mid-answer.
They write it, it runs, and they see what happens. Much like a live pairing round, except nobody on your team has to sit in.
The drawing and the conversation count together. A tidy diagram with no thinking behind it doesn't get very far.
Every point comes back with what the candidate actually said behind it, so you can read the reasoning instead of taking the number on trust.
It reports. It doesn't decide.
Strong hire, hire and no hire are recommendations with evidence attached, not verdicts.
A quiet candidate isn't a low-scoring one by default.
Where the evidence is thin, the confidence drops. We don't invent a score to fill the gap.
It's one hour, not the whole picture.
A single session shows you how someone works through a problem. It can't tell you what they'll be like to work alongside for a year.
Free to try. No credit card, and no credit spent until you ask for work.