ChallengeRocket

ChallengeRocket is an online recruitment platform that helps employers find technical staff through practical challenges instead of CV screening alone. It also runs a community of developers, engineers and data scientists.

What ChallengeRocket offers

• Job challenges — real-life assignments that simulate the work, with automated feedback for candidates.
• Hackathons — competitions that attract and assess talent.
• Assessment tools — AI-assisted tests designed so that chatbots cannot simply solve them.
• Talent analytics — reports on how a candidate approached a problem and where they struggled.
• Employer branding — sponsored challenges that raise a company's profile among candidates.

Who it works with

Employers hiring IT, tech, analytics and finance specialists at junior and senior levels. Named clients include Samsung Electronics Poland, EY GDS Poland and Ringier Axel Springer Poland.

Key facts

• Community: more than 100K candidates, as stated on its site
• Candidate side: job seekers can enter challenges to have applications prioritised