CodeInterview Pros and Cons

What do you like best about CodeInterview?

CodeInterview is very intuitive for both the interviewers and the candidates.

Interviewers:

- Easy to start/end an interview

- Easy to save and review ended interviews

- We can make, share and load code templates

Candidates:

- Write on the left, run and see the results on the right (nothing else, no distractions needed so the focus remains on the exercise) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeInterview?

As a Data Engineer, I miss more SQL engines available. In my team, we use PostreSQL and would love to test PL/pgSQL and other features that differ from MySQL (data types casting, functions, etc.). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about CodeInterview?

I found the CodeInterview platform very user-friendly since it provides a real-time editor as well as design tools for System Design interviews. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeInterview?

The User interface is a bit messed up and laggy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about CodeInterview?

I don't have to worry about setting up an environment and can easily let the candidate write in whatever language they want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeInterview?

I think it would be great to have a way to have automated test runners Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about CodeInterview?

I can share a single-click link with a candidate that brings them to a syntax-highlighting equipped editor supporting common program languages and see keystroke-by-keystroke we work through a problem together. In the event of questions/uncertainty about the correctness of solutions, both the candidate and I can execute the program as written or smaller expressions in the language-specific shell. It's a much better experience when interviewing candidates who write code than a whiteboard could ever be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeInterview?

The playback feature to replay the interview after it's over could use more polish. The syntax highlighting in playback is distractingly flickery and dragging the timeline feels a little clunky. I would also appreciate the ability to distinguish edits/additions in the playback view by the author since I sometimes like to add comments/examples or pieces of code as the candidate works through the problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about CodeInterview?

Practicing codes and mimicking the interview platform! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeInterview?

Can't find the correct answer, and as a new user, it is a bit difficult to figure out how to use the platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about CodeInterview?

Live coding with ability for several people to collaborate, how easy it is to share the link and the interviewee is there w/o account creation and such. Actual working Python interpreter, we let people check their assumptions in real time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeInterview?

Well it's still not the in-person collaboration, albeit pretty close. Team management interface is a bit complicated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about CodeInterview?

It's a good way to conduct technical interviews. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeInterview?

There is no option to clear the terminal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about CodeInterview?

1. The structure of the prepared questions and choosing between them during the interview.

2. Recording the session and playing it back is very helpful to judge later on the way of thinking and answer the questions

3. Commenting during the interview is also great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeInterview?

The domain may be more professional and have a better welcome page to demonstrate the features in a better way. Would also be very helpful if you could prepare packages with database questions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about CodeInterview?

I mostly use it in plain code style or with the whiteboard.

The tool here is easy to use and to get candidates started.

A few seconds are usually enough to get candidates started and start the interview exercises. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeInterview?

When writing actual code, candidates tend to seek IDE like completions they would have in daily jobs (completion, automatic fixes, library doc, ...)

For whiteboards, the integration is still a bit young. The window is not resizable and we are lacking some excalidraw features like drawing libraries or changing fonts or colors. This would be appreciated for infrastructure interviews.

On the playback side, it lacks traceability of the editor of a given line of code (i.e. did the interviewer help the candidate) and whiteboards are completely dropped from playbacks.

The playback list of registered accounts is great, but I would appreciate having the ability to tag interviews more easily when creating immediate interviews (when creating it or either during the interview). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about CodeInterview?

It is very easy to use and is super user friendly. Minimal buttons on screen so the user is not confused and can focus on completing the coding task at hand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeInterview?

Can be difficult to know if the interviewer is able view where your cursor is or where you are explaining code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.