{"id":38663,"date":"2024-02-23T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/?p=38663"},"modified":"2024-02-23T07:14:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:14:29","slug":"spreadsheets-in-coderpad-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/blog\/announcements\/spreadsheets-in-coderpad-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreadsheets in CoderPad Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recruiting candidates for roles in finance, sales, operations, accounting, data, or any others that regularly use spreadsheets?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am excited to announce that you can now use CoderPad to assess your candidates\u2019 spreadsheet skills to see how they concatenate, navigate pivot tables, do a <code>VLOOKUP<\/code> and more!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"\n    quote-block\n                \n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-quote\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\">\n\n\n    <figure class=\"the-quote-figure\">\n        <blockquote class=\"the-quote\">\n            <p>If I spend 5 minutes with someone in a spreadsheet, I can immediately tell if they know what they are doing or not.<\/p>\n\n        <\/blockquote>\n\n                    <figcaption class=\"the-attribution\">\n               Brian Galvin<br>VP of Finance, CoderPad\n            <\/figcaption>\n            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Traditional\u2019 hiring process &#8211; ineffective and a poor candidate experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Until now, there has not been a good way to interview candidates whose success in the role is dependent on how skilled they are in spreadsheets. Traditional spreadsheet-based interviews typically result in a poorly defined process that looks sort of like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Send a spreadsheet by email to the candidate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The candidate either works on their own time or\u2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The interviewer watches them work on a Zoom<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s no collaboration, no ability to add live comments or take good notes, and overall is a poor experience for interviewers and candidates alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spreadsheet interviewing now made easy with CoderPad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now with CoderPad Interview, you can collaborate in real time with your candidates using a fully-functional instance of Google Sheets:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"920\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1688 \/ 920;\" width=\"1688\" autoplay loop muted preload=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/coderpad-interview-finance-spreadsheet-example.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create a question in Google Sheets that can be used for every interview<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Include task instructions that are clear to the candidate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Video chat with candidates with embedded video (no need to have several apps open)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add new tabs in your spreadsheet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take private notes only viewable by you that are saved to the interview<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re excited to bring this new functionality to help hiring managers level up the way they interview for spreadsheet skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Test candidates spreadsheet skills today, with an unlimited 14-day trial<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"button-group button-group--align-center button-group--count-1\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/app.coderpad.io\/register\" class=\"button  button--style-primary  js-cta--sign-up-free\">Sign up free<\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to play around a bit with the spreadsheet environment, take it for a test drive in the sandbox below.<\/p>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"sandbox-embed responsive-embed  sandbox-embed--full-width\"\n\tstyle=\"padding-top: 112.5%\"\ndata-block-name=\"coderpad-sandbox-embed\">\n\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.coderpad.io\/sandbox?language=gsheets\" width=\"640\" height=\"720\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-label=\"Try out the CoderPad sandbox\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recruiting candidates for roles in finance, sales, operations, accounting, data, or any others that regularly use spreadsheets? 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