According to recent research from Stack Overflow, 76% of engineers now use AI copilots every day to help them write code, fix bugs, and solve problems faster. But there’s a problem: most technical hiring still evaluates candidates as if those tools don’t exist.

Here at CodeSignal, we believe it’s time for hiring to reflect how software is actually built today. That’s why we’re introducing AI-Assisted Coding Assessments and Interviews, powered by Cosmo—our intelligent, in-platform AI assistant that helps candidates tackle coding challenges the same way they would on the job: with AI at their side.

An AI copilot aligned to your hiring process

Today, engineers don’t code alone. They collaborate with AI tools to debug, brainstorm, and solve problems faster. CodeSignal’s AI-Assisted Coding Assessments and Interviews bring that collaboration into technical hiring for the very first time with questions redesigned to evaluate candidates’ ability to leverage AI to solve complex challenges

Cosmo, our built-in AI assistant, is embedded directly into our state-of-the-art integrated development environment (IDE) and offers real-time, context-aware guidance to candidates. You can configure Cosmo to align with your organization’s level of AI adoption:

• Full AI Co-Pilot Mode: Cosmo actively collaborates with candidates to help them solve advanced challenges, just like they would with a copilot tool at work. This enables deeper, more complex tasks that, without AI assistance, would be unsolvable within the allotted timeframe.
• Guided Support Mode: In this mode, Cosmo offers light-touch assistance for navigating the IDE, fixing syntax errors, or referencing documentation. This keeps candidates in the platform without relying on external tools, while still mirroring real-world workflows.

See how candidates use AI

Hiring teams also want to know how, and how effectively, candidates can leverage AI tools—not just whether they use them at all.

That’s why every AI-assisted assessment or interview on CodeSignal comes with a full transcript of candidate-AI interactions, along with a session replay. These give hiring managers deep insight into each candidate’s approach, reasoning, and adaptability.

Did they ask well-informed questions? Did they iterate effectively? Did they rely too much on suggestions, or ignore valuable guidance?

Now, you can see all of that to make more informed hiring decisions.

Built for the age of generative AI

Generative AI has transformed software development. Alongside this transformation, the skills that define great engineers are evolving, too.

CodeSignal’s AI-Assisted Coding Assessments and Interviews are built for this moment. They give hiring teams a powerful new way to measure candidates’ job-relevant technical skills, problem-solving ability, and future-readiness.

Full AI Co-Pilot Mode and Guided Support Mode are now available for both skills assessments and live technical interviews as part of the CodeSignal Hire Suite.

Ready to see how your candidates leverage AI on the job? Schedule a demo of AI-Assisted Coding Assessments and Interviews with one of our experts.

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