Coding Challenges
Issues with Creating Custom Coding Challenges
What is a Custom Coding Challenge? Equip has a large library of coding questions for its skill assessments. These questions are categorized based on the programming language and difficulty level. Equip also supports creating your own coding questions, which we call Custom Tests. If you want to create a custom coding challenge specifically, you may find all the instructions here. Why weFew readersWhat programming languages does Equip support?
Programming Languages Equip supports, and has programming questions, for the following languages by default. If you want other languages to be enabled for your account, you can chat with us after you create the account. C C++ C Go Java JavaScript Kotlin NodeJS PHP Python3 Other Coding Challenges Apart from the programming tests, we also have SQL and CSS coding challenges.Few readers
Testing for Multiple Skills At Once
We Recommend Adding Multiple Skills to Same Quiz Equip allows you to test for multiple skills on the same assessment. If you are using Quizzes (MCQs, etc) and Equip's Content, there are two ways in which you can achieve adding multiple skills. In the first method, you can add all the skills to the same Quiz. The questions are drawn from the different Question Banks and jumbled up together and presented to the candidate as a single Quiz. For example, if you have selected C++ and EngliFeaturedCreating Custom Tests
What is a Custom Test? A custom test is a test you create with your own content. We have different types of tests (quizzes, programming challenges, etc) and you can create any of these tests with your own questions. Once you create the test, you can link it to any Equip assessment (even across assessments). The video below shows you how to create a Custom Quiz and link it to an Assessment. frame Creating a Custom Test (https://www.loom.com/embed/4d9be4f9a743415994a2dae931d21de3?sid=1PopularImport Questions Using Excel
While creating a custom test on Equip, you can import questions directly from an Excel file. On https://equip.co/recruiter/home/, select Custom Tests on the left sidebar. Then click the New button to create a new Quiz and then import the Excel file. The questions in the Excel file get appended to the quiz. You can achieve this by clicking on the Import button (highlighted in blue) on your the top right of your screen. Import from Excel (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/3f2dSome readersQuestions, Difficulty Levels and Years-of-Experience
Difficulty Levels All questions (for test types like Quizzes, Coding Challenges, etc) are tagged with a difficulty level on Equip. When you create an assessment, you need to choose the difficulty level of the questions that go into it. To choose the difficulty level, you must consider two things: the role's seniority (desired years of experience) how skilled must the hire be (are you looking at the top 1% of developers in the world, or are you happySome readersAdding a Video Response to Equip Assessment
What is Video Response? Video Responses are ideal to assess candidates' communication and articulation skills. Using the Video Response feature, recruiters can receive video responses asynchronously without scheduling and rescheduling meetings. They can create a Video Response on Equip by uploading questions in the form of text or videos. After sending the assessment link to the candidates, the candidates can record their answers and complete the entire process remotely.Some readersI can't find a Role or Skill I want to assess for
You perhaps saw the Skills or Roles available on Equip. You may not have found what you were looking for. But, don't worry, you have two options. We create the tests for you: If it is a test that we think our other customers would want, we even create it for free! The turnaround time is 5 business days for most skills. Create your own test: You can always add questions of your own via Custom Tests (/en/article/creating-custoFew readersCreating a Custom Question Bank Quiz
What is a Question Bank in Custom Tests? If you have a large database of your own questions and then select a subset of those questions by difficulty level in a Quiz, you can use a Question Bank in Custom Tests. Creating a Question Bank is similar to creating a Quiz in Custom Tests. Create a Question Bank in Custom TestsFew readersAssessments, Tests, Questions - the Hierarchy
This article gives an overview of the different terms used within Equip. Equip Tests Hierarchy Assessment You invite candidates to assessments on Equip, and then see their results. An assessment maps to a specific role (Python Developer, Account Executive) and may contain multiple tests within it. The candidate attempts the tests one-by-one. Test Each assessment is made up of one or more tests. FoFew readersDo all candidates see the same questions?
Selecting the Questions Equip has a vast question bank of tests and questions. When you use Equip's content, whether you get to choose the exact question a candidate sees or not, depends on the test type. For tests that say "No" in the table below, this means that the questions are drawn randomly from the question bank. So, different candidates will see different questions. Of course, the questions will be of a similar difficulty levelFew readersEquip Content v/s Custom Content
Equip Content and Custom Content You can use Equip's question banks to create assessments for multiple roles. Or, you can create your own tests with your own questions. Tests you create are called Custom Tests. Equip's content is useful if you want to create the assessment in seconds, and not spend time thinking of questions to ask. Custom content is useful if you want more control in the questions as well as candidate experience. BenefFew readersSetting time limits for a Custom Quiz
Time Limits For Quizzes you create, you can set time limits. If your quiz shows questions one-by-one, you can only set the time per question If your quiz shows questions all-at-once, you can only set the time for the entire test Screen-by-screFew readersTest Types and Mobile Support
Test Types Equip supports multiple test types, depending on the role you are looking to hire for. The table below shows whether candidates can attempt the test on mobile.Few readersTest Types in an Assessment
Test Types An Equip assessment is a set of tests that candidates attempt in a given order. Each of these tests can be of different types: Quiz: Multiple-choice Questions (MCQs), Multiple Correct Answer Questions (MCAs), Essay-type questions, and so on. If you are using Equip's content, the questions come one-by-one (like Typeform) on the screen. If you are using your own content, you can configure for them to appear one-by-Few readersDo Equip's tests have negative points?
Test Types Equip supports multiple test types like Quizzes, Programming Challenge, Video Responses, etc for its own content as well as custom content you create. If you are using Equip's content in a quiz and only if the questions are Multiple-choice Questions (MCQs) or Multiple Correct AnswerFew readersHow to unlock >4 questions?
Here's what you need to know: Once you create an account, you can add up to 4 questions per skill per difficulty level. For eg, for the Python skill, you can add 4 Medium-, 4 Difficult- and 4 Expert-level difficulty questions Even if Equip has more questions, to add more, you'll need to purchase at least 25 credits in a single transaction TFew readers