CodeSignal's question library is a great resource to quickly search and find questions to use when creating assessments in CodeSignal Assessments. You can also reference the question library to find coding questions for remote interview sessions conducted through CodeSignal Interview. This article will cover:
- Accessing the question library
- Viewing author's solution
- Filtering questions in the library
- Favoriting questions
When it comes to evaluating technical talent, great assessments start with great content. We have an entire library of questions created by our CodeSignal content team for you to use when building your own assessments. Reference our Supported Question Types in Assessments article before searching for a specific question type.
Accessing the Question Library
Via CodeSignal Account
From any page in your CodeSignal account, you can quickly jump into the general question library. To access our question Library from your CodeSignal account, navigate to “Content” and then select “Questions.”
Via CodeSignal Assessments
To access the question library from CodeSignal Assessments, go to the Assessments tab and click +Create.There, you can choose the assessment type you need;
From the Assessments tab, you can view the different assessment types available. Alternatively, you can click Skip to create a custom assessment based on your own preferences. If you’re unsure where to start, you can always chat with Cosmo for guidance.
Clicking on “Skip”, you will then be redirected to the new template.
Click the Add question slot button to jump into the question library. By default, you will see all question types.
From here you may view the short description of the question without opening it.
Via CodeSignal Interview
To access the question library in CodeSignal Interview, navigate to Interviews, then “Go to Interview”.
Then click on QUESTIONS tab.
Viewing author's solution
Open your question in a new tab clicking on the question name.
If this question has an author solution, you will see the star icon on the left side of the IDE. Click the star icon to view the author's solution.
Filtering questions in the library
We provide several filter options for you to narrow down questions to find the ideal question for your assessment. You can filter a question by the following criteria:
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Name
- Use the search bar to type in any part of the question name
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Type
- Select the style of question from the variety of options in search your filters
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Coding Format
- Options are Code Writing, Bugfix, Recovery, and All Formats.
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Question Format
- Options are Advanced Assessment, Mobile and progressive.
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Created By
- Options are My Questions, Company's Questions, and All Questions
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Supported Languages
- You can search for whether the question can be solved in a specific language, i.e: Python 3, Go, Java, C++, etc. Note that this filter is not a restrictive filter; if you select "C", for instance, this does not mean the question can only be solved in C.
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Min and Max Avg Solve Time
- For example: you can filter for questions that can be solved between 5 and 20 minutes, on average.
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Labels
- Here you can filter for questions that include a label you've assigned.
Under the search filter, you can see two options: Favorites and Recently Used. The first includes questions you’ve marked as favorites, while the second shows questions you’ve used within the last 6 months.
Here, you can sort questions alphabetically or by last usage date.
Randomizing questions
When building an assessment, you have the option to randomize the questions in a question slot, which means different candidates will see different questions when taking the same assessment. For example, if you add 5 questions into one question slot, candidate #1 will see question #1, candidate #2 will see question #2, and so on. This can be extremely helpful if you have a high volume of candidates or recruit from universities where the chances of plagiarism are higher.
For more information on randomizing questions in your CodeSignal Assessments, check out this article:
Favoriting questions
It can be very helpful to favorite the questions you like to use for interview sessions and assessments. Having a favorites list allows you to quickly access your most frequently used questions.
To favorite a question, simply click the "Star" icon next to the question.
To find your favorite questions, toggle on Favorites.