{"id":41650,"date":"2025-01-08T01:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T09:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/?page_id=41650"},"modified":"2025-03-05T02:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T10:27:07","slug":"coderpad-and-codingame-state-of-tech-hiring-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/survey-reports\/coderpad-and-codingame-state-of-tech-hiring-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"CoderPad and CodinGame State of Tech Hiring 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"\n\tfull-height-hero-block\n\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-full-height-hero\" data-block-bg-color=\"black\" data-block-rounded-corners=\"bottom\" data-block-padding-top=\"extra-extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\">\n\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1578\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/techsurvey-home-v3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"CoderPad State of Tech Hiring 2024 Banner\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" draggable=\"false\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/techsurvey-home-v3.png 1578w, https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/techsurvey-home-v3-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/techsurvey-home-v3-1024x730.png 1024w, https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/techsurvey-home-v3-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/techsurvey-home-v3-1536x1095.png 1536w, https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/techsurvey-home-v3-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1578px) 100vw, 1578px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tState of Tech Hiring 2025\n\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n    image-text-block\n                image-text-block--image-vertical-alignment-top\n                image-text-block--small-text\n        \n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-image-text\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-extra-large\">\n\n    <div class=\"media\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/amand-richardson-rectangle-rounded-corners.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Amanda Richardson, CEO of CoderPad\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/amand-richardson-rectangle-rounded-corners.jpg 480w, https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/amand-richardson-rectangle-rounded-corners-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/amand-richardson-rectangle-rounded-corners-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                            <div class=\"description\">\n                <p>\u201cThe conversation around AI in our space is growing louder\u2014and with good reason. AI is reshaping both developer workflows and recruitment practices.<\/p>\n<p>AI is creating room for developers to focus on higher-value work, collaboration and conceptual thinking.<\/p>\n<p>This, in turn, is influencing the way companies assess developers\u2019 skills as part of the hiring process.<\/p>\n<p>We surveyed over 5,000 developers and recruiters to better understand the opportunities and challenges that these changes bring.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this report will help you get prepared to embrace this exciting new landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amanda Richardson, CoderPad CEO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        \n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\ticon-card-group-block\n\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-icon-card-group\" data-block-bg-color=\"red\" data-block-rounded-corners=\"all\" data-block-padding-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-padding-bottom=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\">\n\n\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\tKey numbers\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tcards\n\t\t\tcards--count-3\n\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-card\">\n    \n\n            <h3 class=\"card-title\">90%<\/h3>\n    \n            <div class=\"card-description\"><p>of developers say that technical interviews are the best setting to showcase their skills, and the top skills for a developer are optimization, collaboration and system design.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-card\">\n    \n\n            <h3 class=\"card-title\">65%<\/h3>\n    \n            <div class=\"card-description\"><p>of recruitment professionals want to use more AI at work, but 57% say that they aren\u2019t properly trained to do so.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-card\">\n    \n\n            <h3 class=\"card-title\">78%<\/h3>\n    \n            <div class=\"card-description\"><p>of recruiters still include degree requirements in job postings, and 72% of candidates don&#8217;t think resumes accurately showcase their skills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n    image-text-block\n                image-text-block--image-vertical-alignment-top\n                image-text-block--small-text\n        \n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-image-text\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-extra-large\">\n\n    <div class=\"media\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"858\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/java-javascript-python-logos-on-black-square.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Java, JavaScript, Python logos against a black square\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/java-javascript-python-logos-on-black-square.png 858w, https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/java-javascript-python-logos-on-black-square-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/java-javascript-python-logos-on-black-square-768x582.png 768w, https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/java-javascript-python-logos-on-black-square-16x12.png 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/>\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                    <h2 class=\"the-headline\">About CoderPad<\/h2>\n                            <div class=\"description\">\n                <p><strong>CoderPad<\/strong> is the go-to technical hiring platform that puts candidates&#8217; skills front and center. <\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re screening developers with <a href=\"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/platform\/technical-screening\/\">realistic and engaging programming tests<\/a> or hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/platform\/coding-interviews\/\">collaborative, pair-programming interviews<\/a> in a seamless browser-based environment, CoderPad makes hiring real, fair, and fast.<\/p>\n<p>For the eighth year in a row, CoderPad has turned to their valuable developer community (<a href=\"http:\/\/codingame.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CodinGame.com<\/a>) and recruiter base (customers, connections) to ask them about their work and hiring activities. <\/p>\n<p>Why? To help the world get a better understanding of what it means to be a developer, work with developers, and recruit developers in today\u2019s\u2014and tomorrow\u2019s\u2014job market.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        \n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-toc-block\n\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-toc\" data-block-bg-color=\"black\" data-block-rounded-corners=\"all\" data-block-padding-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-padding-bottom=\"large\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-extra-large\" >\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"#ai-recruiter-developers\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#AI-recruiter-developers\">1. <strong>AI: recruiters and developers are making space<\/strong>?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#ai-recruitment\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#AI-recruitment\">AI adoption in recruitment<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#ai-toolkit\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#AI-toolkit\">AI as part of the developer toolkit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. <a href=\"#tech-hiring-2025\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#tech-hiring-2025\"><strong>Tech hiring in 2025: focus areas<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#hiring-skills\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#hiring-skills\">Hiring for skills<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#candidate-experience\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#candidate-experience\">Rethinking candidate experience<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"#recruitment-integrity\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#recruitment-integrity\">Upholding recruitment integrity<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"#what-will-tech-hiring-look-like-in-2024\">3. <\/a><a href=\"#what-will-tech-hiring-look-like-in-2025\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#what-will-tech-hiring-look-like-in-2025\"><strong>Recruitment predictions for 202<\/strong>5<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#the-great-stay\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#the-great-stay\">The Great Stay<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#hiring-goals\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#hiring-goals\">Hiring goals and priorities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"#skills-gap-opportunities\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#skills-gap-opportunities\">Skills: gaps or opportunities?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"#survey-demographics\">4. Survey demographics<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#our-developer-community\">Our developer community<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#our-recruiter-community\">Our recruiter community<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-section-block\n\t\n\" id=\"ai-recruiter-developers\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-section\" data-block-margin-top=\"large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"large\" >\n\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"the-section-title\">1. AI: recruiters and developers are making space<\/h2>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both developers and recruiters are making space for AI in their work lives. They\u2019re learning, experimenting, and figuring out how the technology can be most useful to them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"the-links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#AI-recruitment\">a. AI adoption in recruitment <svg class=\"icon icon-right-arrow\" role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 9\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>right arrow<\/title><path d=\"M14.335 3.256H0v2.171h14.335v3.256l4.762-4.341L14.334 0v3.256z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#AI-toolkit\">b. AI as part of the developer toolkit <svg class=\"icon icon-right-arrow\" role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 9\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>right arrow<\/title><path d=\"M14.335 3.256H0v2.171h14.335v3.256l4.762-4.341L14.334 0v3.256z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-right\n\t\t\n\" id=\"ai-recruitment\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-section-title\">a. AI adoption in recruitment<\/h3>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"the-pills\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"pill\">Hot take<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Recruiters aren\u2019t afraid of AI coming for their jobs<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Think the majority of recruiters are overwhelmed, scared and reluctant to adopt AI? Think again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More and more recruiters are using AI.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A good portion (43%) are optimistic about how AI can help make their lives easier, and <strong>65% want to use it more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While 16% are skeptical about the future of this technology, only 4% are actually worried about their job prospects.<\/p>\n<p>9% are worried about ethics and the potential for misuse, which is valid. We address <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bias and cheating<\/span><\/strong>, for example, in this report.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-which-phrase-most-closely-describes-your-current-outlook-on-generative-ai-genai&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-which-phrase-most-closely-describes-your-current-outlook-on-generative-ai-genai&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-which-phrase-most-closely-describes-your-current-outlook-on-generative-ai-genai&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWhich phrase most closely describes your current outlook on Generative AI (GenAI)?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Optimistic: I am excited about the opportunities and efficiencies opened up by this technology.<\/td><td>43.1%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neutral: This technology can help improve my workflow, but I don&#8217;t anticipate a massive impact on my career.<\/td><td>28.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Skeptic: I am skeptical about the quality of output and future evolutions.<\/td><td>16.1%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Worried: I am worried about the ethics of implementation or the potential for misuse.<\/td><td>8.7%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Concerned: I am concerned about the impact of this technology on my career or job prospects.<\/td><td>3.7%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;donut&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-would-you-like-to-use-more-ai-as-part-of-your-job&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-would-you-like-to-use-more-ai-as-part-of-your-job&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-would-you-like-to-use-more-ai-as-part-of-your-job&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWould you like to use more AI as part of your job?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tQuestions asked to recruiters\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yes<\/td><td>64.96%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>No<\/td><td>16.24%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I don&#8217;t know<\/td><td>18.80%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-left\n\t\t\n\" id=\"when-looking-for-a-job\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">TA is using AI to automate and save time<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We asked recruiters about their top uses for AI.<br \/>\nTheir top 3:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>54% to automate repetitive tasks<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>37% for faster candidate screening<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>26% for quick processing of applications<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsurprisingly, gaining time is perceived as the main benefit of AI.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recruiters are leveraging AI to \u201csteal back\u201d some precious bandwidth, possibly making space to focus, strategize and build relationships with candidates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CoderPad is all for <\/span><b>AI elevating TA as a function<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, allowing more recruiters to go from \u201corder-takers\u201d to strategic business partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, we\u2019re also aware of the risks of using AI within the candidate screening process, and we strive to educate and support our customers on how to <\/span><b>strike a balance between fairness, efficiency and speed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-do-you-perceive-as-the-main-benefits-of-genai-in-recruitment&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-do-you-perceive-as-the-main-benefits-of-genai-in-recruitment&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-do-you-perceive-as-the-main-benefits-of-genai-in-recruitment&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWhat do you perceive as the main benefits of GenAI in recruitment?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Automating repetitive tasks<\/td><td>54.02%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Faster candidate screening<\/td><td>36.58%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Quick processing of applications<\/td><td>26.32%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Better job-candidate matching<\/td><td>26.15%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Personalized communication<\/td><td>20.68%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Reduced bias in screening<\/td><td>17.44%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Other (please specify)<\/td><td>8.89%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-right\n\t\t\n\" id=\"when-looking-for-a-job\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">BUT over half of recruiters say they need training<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, more and more recruiters are embracing AI.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT, they need support to navigate this transformation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>57% of recruiters say that they aren\u2019t trained to use AI at work<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This can have very real implications for hiring\u2014and businesses\u2014in 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That said, considering how new these accessible, work-applicable AI technologies are\u2026 we\u2019re pleased to see that 36% have already received AI training and 8% are in the process of learning how to use and interact with GenAI as part of their job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope and expect to see this number grow over the next year\u2014and we plan to play our part too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we know that a significant number of TA pros are teaching themselves. We see you!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-do-you-feel-that-your-recruiter-team-is-properly-trained-to-use-or-interact-with-gen-ai&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-do-you-feel-that-your-recruiter-team-is-properly-trained-to-use-or-interact-with-gen-ai&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-do-you-feel-that-your-recruiter-team-is-properly-trained-to-use-or-interact-with-gen-ai&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tDo you feel that your recruiter team is properly trained to use or interact with Gen AI?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>No, we have not received any formal training on Gen AI<\/td><td>34.09%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>No, we need more comprehensive training<\/td><td>22.85%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yes, but we could benefit from additional training<\/td><td>20.56%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yes, we are fully trained and confident in using Gen AI<\/td><td>14.94%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>We are currently in the process of training<\/td><td>7.56%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-right\n\t\t\n\" id=\"ai-toolkit\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-section-title\">b. AI as part of the developer toolkit<\/h3>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">2 in 3 developers say GenAI is useful<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ve probably read this a gazillion times by now, but <\/span><b>AI has become a standard tool for developers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, 67% of tech professionals surveyed were already using AI as part of their job, and 60% wanted to use it more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Adoption and experimentation continues to grow across all industries and roles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, we all know tools that are common, but underwhelmingly helpful. What about GenAI?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>76% of developers deem GenAI to be (varying levels of) useful<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 13% are neutral, and 11% are yet to see its real use. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-how-useful-is-genai-to-you-as-a-developer&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-how-useful-is-genai-to-you-as-a-developer&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-how-useful-is-genai-to-you-as-a-developer&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tHow useful is GenAI to you as a developer?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Very useful<\/td><td>24.17%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Useful<\/td><td>24.21%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Somewhat useful<\/td><td>27.64%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neither useful nor useless<\/td><td>12.63%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Somewhat useless<\/td><td>5.12%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Useless<\/td><td>3.19%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-left\n\t\t\n\" id=\"skills-to-acquire\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Developers use GenAI for a number of routine tasks<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clearly, developers use AI for a variety of things.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While only a few use GenAI to generate entire scripts from scratch, other use cases were highlighted by many:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clarify what code does\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edit code: debug, clean, optimize\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brainstorm solutions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write snippets\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It begs the question, if these are all \u201cnormal\u201d on-the-job use cases for AI, does it make sense to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">forbid <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">candidates to do the same thing within a hiring setting?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We say: not a bit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-how-do-you-use-gen-ai&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-how-do-you-use-gen-ai&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-how-do-you-use-gen-ai&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tHow do you use Gen AI ?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clarify what code does<\/td><td>39.38%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Edit code: Debug, clean up, optimize.<\/td><td>39.30%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brainstorm solutions<\/td><td>30.91%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Write snippets.<\/td><td>30.06%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Generate documentation<\/td><td>25.10%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I don&#8217;t use GenAI for coding tasks<\/td><td>23.75%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Refactor code: Improve structure without changing behavior.<\/td><td>20.75%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Write tests<\/td><td>19.75%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Convert between programming languages.<\/td><td>17.51%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Automate tasks: Generate repetitive code patterns.<\/td><td>17.36%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Write full files: Produce entire scripts or modules.<\/td><td>6.35%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-right\n\t\t\n\" id=\"skills-to-acquire\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Developers are using AI, but it\u2019s not a fit replacement<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is GenAI useful? Yes. Is it 100% accurate? No.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developers still need to review, edit, adapt, tweak, build on, or correct AI-generated code.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether or not a developer can do <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u261d\ufe0f efficiently is exactly what you need to be assessing as part of your tech hiring process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tests and interviews based on real-world scenarios will help you do this<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-how-accurate-is-genai-for-coding-tasks&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-how-accurate-is-genai-for-coding-tasks&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-how-accurate-is-genai-for-coding-tasks&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tHow accurate is GenAI for coding tasks?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Very accurate<\/td><td>2.98%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Accurate<\/td><td>16.97%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Somewhat accurate<\/td><td>47.02%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neither accurate nor inaccurate<\/td><td>19.04%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Somewhat inaccurate<\/td><td>7.99%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Inaccurate<\/td><td>4.01%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Very Inaccurate<\/td><td>1.99%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">The growth of AI, pushing developers to\u2026 grow<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only are developers <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">being replaced by AI, they\u2019re taking this tech advancement as an opportunity to broaden their skill set.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The majority of developers (54%) are either actively learning new AI skills, or plan to do so in the near future<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A further 35% are likely aware of the importance of AI-related skills, but have not yet prioritized learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note to TAs:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this is your sign to catch up on how to assess and hire for these skills.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe-charts--display-row\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-with-the-growth-of-ai-are-you-adjusting-your-skills&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-with-the-growth-of-ai-are-you-adjusting-your-skills&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-with-the-growth-of-ai-are-you-adjusting-your-skills&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWith the growth of AI, are you adjusting your skills?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yes, I am actively learning new AI-related skills<\/td><td>27.80%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yes, I\u2019m planning to upskill in the near future<\/td><td>26.34%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Somewhat, I\u2019m exploring AI-related skills but not actively pursuing them<\/td><td>34.63%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>No, I don\u2019t see a need to adjust my skills at this time<\/td><td>11.23%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-signup-form-block\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-signup-form\" data-block-bg-color=\"black\" data-block-rounded-corners=\"all\" data-block-padding-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-padding-bottom=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\">Like what you&#8217;re reading?<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-title\">Why not subscribe to our monthly newsletter?<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/coderpad-newsletter-graphic.png\" class=\"attachment-large 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Just drop us your email below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\n    hubspot-form\n            hubspot-form--single-input\n            \n\" >\n\t\t<div\n\t\tid=\"coderpad-form-apbusn\"\n\t\tclass=\"hubspot-form-container js-coderpad-hubspot-form\"\n\t\tdata-cp-form-options=\"{&quot;portalId&quot;:&quot;26307476&quot;,&quot;formId&quot;:&quot;b426bea5-fad2-4747-a539-20fae02248e2&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;eu1&quot;}\"\n\t>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-section-block\n\t\n\" id=\"tech-hiring-2025\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-section\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"the-section-title\">2. Tech hiring in 2025: focus areas<\/h2>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recruiters face challenges in embracing skills-based hiring, assessing soft skills, and bringing \u201crealism\u201d to the hiring process.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As AI reshapes the way developers work, live interviews are as relevant as ever.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trust, transparency and collaboration are fundamental to\u00a0 candidate experience and hiring success.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"the-links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#hiring-skills\">a. Hiring for skills <svg class=\"icon icon-right-arrow\" role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 9\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>right arrow<\/title><path d=\"M14.335 3.256H0v2.171h14.335v3.256l4.762-4.341L14.334 0v3.256z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#candidate-experience\">b. Rethinking candidate experience <svg class=\"icon icon-right-arrow\" role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 9\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>right arrow<\/title><path d=\"M14.335 3.256H0v2.171h14.335v3.256l4.762-4.341L14.334 0v3.256z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#recruitment-integrity\">c. Upholding recruitment integrity <svg class=\"icon icon-right-arrow\" role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 9\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>right arrow<\/title><path d=\"M14.335 3.256H0v2.171h14.335v3.256l4.762-4.341L14.334 0v3.256z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-right\n\t\t\n\" id=\"hiring-skills\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-section-title\">a. Hiring for skills<\/h3>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Recruiters continue to struggle to assess soft skills<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Finding qualified candidates and identifying potential<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (beyond skills) are, consistently the top two challenges that recruiters face.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In third place for the first time: <\/span><b>evaluating soft skills.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recruiters are finding it increasingly difficult to assess developers\u2019 soft skills (communication skills, emotional intelligence, teamwork skills, adaptability, leadership skills, etc.).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our take : <strong>soft skills are best evaluated during live interviews.<\/strong> That&#8217;s why behavioral questions should a mandatory components of technical interviews.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"the-content\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>\u2013&gt; Start now with our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/blog\/hiring-developers\/behavioral-interview-questions-software-engineers\/\">18 Behavioral Interview Questions to Ask Software Engineers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-are-your-main-challenges-when-recruiting-for-technical-roles&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-are-your-main-challenges-when-recruiting-for-technical-roles&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-are-your-main-challenges-when-recruiting-for-technical-roles&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWhat are your main challenges when recruiting for technical roles?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Finding qualified candidates<\/td><td>47.97%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Identifying potential even if candidates don&#8217;t have the perfect matching skillset<\/td><td>28.29%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Evaluating soft skills<\/td><td>25.95%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Conducting technical interviews<\/td><td>17.84%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Standing out from other companies to attract talent<\/td><td>16.48%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aligning with hiring managers or recruiters<\/td><td>15.99%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Compensation discussions<\/td><td>12.05%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Knowing developers&#8217; culture and mindset to engage with them<\/td><td>12.05%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Recruiting within tight time frames<\/td><td>11.93%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dealing with a high volume of applications\/candidates<\/td><td>11.81%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Getting candidates to take technical assessments<\/td><td>11.69%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Recruiting a diverse team<\/td><td>9.35%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Evaluating\/screening candidates without having the necessary technical skills<\/td><td>9.23%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Closing candidates<\/td><td>8.98%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mitigating bias in the recruitment process<\/td><td>7.75%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Meeting recruitment volume targets<\/td><td>6.03%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Other <\/td><td>3.08%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">What makes it so difficult to evaluate soft skills?<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we asked respondents what it was that made it so tricky to assess soft skills, the top 3 issues highlighted were:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Measuring intangible qualities<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lack of standardized assessment tools<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Unclear which soft skills are needed for the role<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, to be able to assess soft skills<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or technical skills for that matter<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you need to be able to:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Define and understand the skill (how is this skill demonstrated? What does good, bad and average look like?)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand how it\u2019s relevant to the role and to what extent (is it a non-negotiable, or a nice-to-have?)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lean on a tool and\/or template to standardize and collaborate<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211;&gt; Once again, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/blog\/hiring-developers\/behavioral-interview-questions-software-engineers\/\">18 Behavioral Interview Questions to Ask Software Engineers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe-charts--display-column\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-is-your-main-challenge-when-evaluating-soft-skills&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-is-your-main-challenge-when-evaluating-soft-skills&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-is-your-main-challenge-when-evaluating-soft-skills&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWhat is your main challenge when evaluating soft skills?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Measuring intangible qualities<\/td><td>26.57%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lack of standardized assessment tools<\/td><td>17.34%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Unclear which soft skills are needed for the role<\/td><td>13.28%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Replicating real-world scenarios<\/td><td>12.55%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Inconsistent results among evaluators<\/td><td>10.33%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lack of trained evaluators<\/td><td>8.30%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ensuring inclusivity and avoiding bias<\/td><td>7.75%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Other (please specify)<\/td><td>3.87%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-left\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"the-pills\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"pill\">AI insights<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Skills-based hiring: truth or myth?<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, we commented on the \u201cfervor\u201d for skills-based hiring.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enthusiastic about the number of companies hiring developers with \u201cnon-academic backgrounds\u201d (81%), we hoped and expected to see more and more employers ditch degree requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And maybe some have.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, <\/span><b>45% of recruitment professionals say that they systematically include degree requirements<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in their job postings. And another 34% do so for some roles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It makes us wonder, how many companies are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hiring based on skills? And how many are hiring based on skills, but <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">only from a pre-filtered pool of candidates with the right diploma.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pedigree-first approach <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cannot <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">be a skills-first approach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;donut&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-do-you-include-degree-requirements-in-your-job-postings&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-do-you-include-degree-requirements-in-your-job-postings&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-do-you-include-degree-requirements-in-your-job-postings&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tDo you include degree requirements in your job postings?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yes<\/td><td>44.69%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>No<\/td><td>21.61%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It depends on the position<\/td><td>33.70%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"\n    quote-block\n            quote-block--width-60\n                quote-block--align-center\n            \n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-quote\">\n\n\n    <figure class=\"the-quote-figure\">\n        <blockquote class=\"the-quote\">\n            <p>Moving from a pedigree to a skills-first approach is a new but intelligent move for keeping pace with what the job market now demands. <\/p>\n\n        <\/blockquote>\n\n                    <figcaption class=\"the-attribution\">\n               Matthias Schmeisser &#8211; Global Director, talent acquisition &#038; employer branding, emnify\n            <\/figcaption>\n            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-right\n\t\t\n\" id=\"why-they-dont-use-ai\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">The resume is still very much alive and kicking<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re more than happy to see <\/span><b>technical interviews<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>asynchronous coding tests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> getting lots of love.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But <\/span><b>72% of recruiters leaning on a resume review as a method to assess developers\u2019 technical skills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe this can<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and should<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We already knew that the resume, despite getting some stick, hadn\u2019t disappeared from hiring processes. But we wonder, and worry, what criteria are employers looking for in a resume review?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many hidden gems might you uncover with a screening process based on skills?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-currently-which-methods-are-you-your-team-using-to-assess-a-candidates-technical-skills&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-currently-which-methods-are-you-your-team-using-to-assess-a-candidates-technical-skills&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-currently-which-methods-are-you-your-team-using-to-assess-a-candidates-technical-skills&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}},&quot;custom&quot;:{&quot;autoWrapLabels&quot;:true}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tCurrently, which method(s) are you\/your team using to assess a candidate&#8217;s technical skills?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Technical discussion<\/td><td>75.27%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Resume review<\/td><td>71.61%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Live coding interviews<\/td><td>49.82%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Asynchronous technical tests<\/td><td>24.54%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Work sample tests\/take-home projects<\/td><td>21.06%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Portfolio review<\/td><td>20.51%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Coding challenges (live events)<\/td><td>17.77%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Role-playing scenarios<\/td><td>9.34%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-left\n\t\t\n\" id=\"why-they-dont-use-ai\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Almost half of employers use algorithmic questions in their technical assessment<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re not saying that algorithmic questions should disappear altogether. Not necessarily.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, we\u2019d love to see them knocked down a few spots!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why? Because <\/span><b>algorithmic questions will not give you the best read on candidate\u2019s technical skills on the job<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They do <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mirror real, on-the-job situations <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they frustrate developers<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014damaging your candidate experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A variety of formats is absolutely fine, but we strongly recommend tipping the balance in favor of <\/span><b>real-word scenario exercises<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-types-of-exercises-are-included-in-your-technical-tests-or-live-coding-interviews&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-types-of-exercises-are-included-in-your-technical-tests-or-live-coding-interviews&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-types-of-exercises-are-included-in-your-technical-tests-or-live-coding-interviews&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWhat types of exercises are included in your technical tests or live coding interviews?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Algorithmic questions<\/td><td>44.00%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Real-world scenario simulations<\/td><td>33.90%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Code review tasks<\/td><td>27.81%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>System design problems<\/td><td>25.52%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Language-independent questions<\/td><td>25.14%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Multiple-choice questions (MCQs)<\/td><td>24.00%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pair-programming sessions<\/td><td>18.48%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Debugging exercises<\/td><td>18.10%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Data structure manipulation tasks<\/td><td>17.52%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gamified exercises<\/td><td>16.38%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Performance optimization challenges<\/td><td>14.10%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" id=\"candidate-experience\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-section-title\">b. Rethinking candidate experience<\/h3>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Developers will spend less time on coding and more time on optimization\u2014and your hiring process should reflect that<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the integration of AI tools especially, it looks like <\/span><b>the developer job will evolve to be less and less about coding (from scratch) and more and more about optimization, collaboration and system design<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Does your current hiring experience mirror this? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How could you, for example, include more \u201cfine tuning\u201d coding exercises (debugging, code review, bug fixing, testing, building and scaling new components within an existing codebase, etc.)?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe-charts--display-row\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-which-skills-are-most-important-to-be-a-strong-developer-software-engineer-today&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-which-skills-are-most-important-to-be-a-strong-developer-software-engineer-today&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-which-skills-are-most-important-to-be-a-strong-developer-software-engineer-today&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWhich skills are most important to be a strong developer\/software engineer today?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tAnswers are ranked by score of importance\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Debugging and fine-tuning existing code<\/td><td>2.64<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Collaborating with teammates through pair programming or software design<\/td><td>2.59<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>System design (scalability, fault tolerance, etc.)<\/td><td>2.59<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Writing new code (from scratch)<\/td><td>2.18<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-and-in-3-years-from-now&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-and-in-3-years-from-now&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-and-in-3-years-from-now&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tAnd in 3 years from now?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tAnswers are ranked by score of importance\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Debugging and fine-tuning existing code<\/td><td>2.68<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Collaborating with teammates through pair programming or software design<\/td><td>2.66<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>System design (scalability, fault tolerance, etc.)<\/td><td>2.82<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Writing new code (from scratch)<\/td><td>1.83<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-right\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Developers feel most empowered to demonstrate their skills in live technical interviews<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>90% of developers say that a technical interview is the best setting to showcase their skills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are your making sure that yours are top-notch, from interview environment, to interview questions?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>And take homes?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As was the case last year, developers are still showing an interest in take-home projects (despite the criticism they get).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, take-homes came in as developers\u2019 first choice, this year, they\u2019re in second place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed 46% of developers consider that take-home projects with work samples are the most effective way to express their abilities.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-do-you-consider-is-the-best-way-to-showcase-your-technical-skills&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-do-you-consider-is-the-best-way-to-showcase-your-technical-skills&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-do-you-consider-is-the-best-way-to-showcase-your-technical-skills&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWhat do you consider is the best way to showcase your technical skills?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Technical discussion<\/td><td>50.36%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Work Sample Tests \/ Take-Home Projects<\/td><td>46.10%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Live coding interviews<\/td><td>39.59%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Coding Challenges (Events)<\/td><td>39.11%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Portfolio Review<\/td><td>33.23%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Resume review<\/td><td>28.46%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Asynchronous technical tests<\/td><td>18.96%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Role-Playing Scenarios<\/td><td>11.69%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"\n    quote-block\n            quote-block--width-60\n                quote-block--align-center\n            \n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-quote\">\n\n\n    <figure class=\"the-quote-figure\">\n        <blockquote class=\"the-quote\">\n            <p>Programming is increasingly moving towards higher levels of abstraction, allowing developers to focus more on problem-solving and less on the intricate details of code implementation.<\/p>\n\n        <\/blockquote>\n\n                    <figcaption class=\"the-attribution\">\n               Loick Michard, CEO of CoderPad France\n            <\/figcaption>\n            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-left\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Asynchronous coding tests: room for improvement?<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19% of developers consider that asynchronous coding tests are the best way to show their skills. And, developers that have taken a coding test in the past, give the experience a 3.6 rating.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kind of average, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, are coding tests on the downfall? Or is there more to it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We do <\/span><b>not <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">think that coding tests have had their day (otherwise, we wouldn\u2019t be putting so much energy into providing them!).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>However, we do think that coding tests need to be done <\/b><b><i>better<\/i><\/b><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What needs to change?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-scale-chart-block\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-scale-chart\"\n>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-scale-title\">\n\t\t\tHow would you rate this (these) experience(s) on average?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t    \t\t<p class=\"the-scale-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tAbout coding tests\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n    <p class=\"screen-reader-text\">3 out of 5<\/p>\n\n    <ol class=\"scale scale--color-\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <li 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33.8 2.3l128.3-68.5 128.3 68.5c10.8 5.7 23.9 4.9 33.8-2.3s14.9-19.3 12.9-31.3L438.5 329 542.7 225.9c8.6-8.5 11.7-21.2 7.9-32.7s-13.7-19.9-25.7-21.7L381.2 150.3 316.9 18z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n<\/li>\n                    <li class=\"unfilled\"><svg class=\"icon icon-star\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\"><title>star<\/title><path d=\"M316.9 18C311.6 7 300.4 0 288.1 0s-23.4 7-28.8 18L195 150.3 51.4 171.5c-12 1.8-22 10.2-25.7 21.7s-.7 24.2 7.9 32.7L137.8 329 113.2 474.7c-2 12 3 24.2 12.9 31.3s23 8 33.8 2.3l128.3-68.5 128.3 68.5c10.8 5.7 23.9 4.9 33.8-2.3s14.9-19.3 12.9-31.3L438.5 329 542.7 225.9c8.6-8.5 11.7-21.2 7.9-32.7s-13.7-19.9-25.7-21.7L381.2 150.3 316.9 18z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n<\/li>\n            <\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-right\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"the-pills\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"pill\">Actionable learning<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Coding tests: a call for realism<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what\u2019s pushing developers to give \u201cmeh\u201d feedback on coding tests?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our respondents highlighted three top areas for improvement:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lack of relevance to the actual job role<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (54%)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Unreasonably short time limits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (40%)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Excessive focus on obscure algorithms or trivia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (38%)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, your tests need to be more <\/span><b>realistic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Related read:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/blog\/hiring-developers\/checklist-what-makes-for-a-realistic-coding-assessment\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Checklist: What Makes for a Realistic Coding Assessment?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-did-you-dislike-about-your-coding-tests-experience&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-did-you-dislike-about-your-coding-tests-experience&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-did-you-dislike-about-your-coding-tests-experience&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWhat did you dislike about your coding tests experience?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lack of relevance to the actual job role<\/td><td>54.42%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Unreasonably short time limits<\/td><td>39.60%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Excessive focus on obscure algorithms or trivia<\/td><td>38.27%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lack of feedback on performance<\/td><td>36.73%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ambiguous or unclear problem statements<\/td><td>34.96%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>High-pressure environment with unnecessary stress<\/td><td>33.85%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Overly complex or unrealistic scenarios<\/td><td>23.23%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Inadequate instructions or guidance<\/td><td>19.25%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Poor platform usability or technical issues<\/td><td>12.39%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Limited choice of programming languages<\/td><td>5.97%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" id=\"from-their-career\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Coding tests aren\u2019t scaring candidates away<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only 12% of developers say that they\u2019ve <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ever <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">refused to take a coding test.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The majority of those that have said \u201cno\u201d, say that time is their major concern.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So again, it\u2019s not so much the fact that you include a coding test in your process that provides for an \u201caverage\u201d candidate experience, but rather <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what does that test looks like.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How long are your tests? How relevant are they to the role? How do you communicate their purpose and position them in your process? Do you follow up with a live technical discussion?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe-charts--display-row\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;donut&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-have-you-already-refused-to-take-an-asynchronous-coding-test-take-home-test&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-have-you-already-refused-to-take-an-asynchronous-coding-test-take-home-test&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-have-you-already-refused-to-take-an-asynchronous-coding-test-take-home-test&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tHave you already refused to take an asynchronous coding test\/take-home test?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yes<\/td><td>11.97%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>No<\/td><td>88.03%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-why&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-why&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-why&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWhy?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Concerns about time commitment or length<\/td><td>52.92%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The test doesn\u2019t align with the role or skills<\/td><td>34.71%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The belief that the test format doesn\u2019t showcase true strengths<\/td><td>31.62%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Unclear or vague instructions<\/td><td>27.15%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Perception of the test as an unfair assessment of abilities<\/td><td>26.12%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Preference for demonstrating skills through real work examples<\/td><td>26.12%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Previous negative experiences with coding tests<\/td><td>23.71%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Concerns about privacy and sharing work<\/td><td>13.06%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">What else impacts candidate experience?<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Of course, candidate experience in technical hiring is shaped by multiple factors beyond assessment methods. This includes clear communication and timely feedback, ease of application, company culture signals, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Another important element to take into consideration, is the\u00a0<b>duration of your process and the number of steps<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>We asked our developer community how many steps they thought was an acceptable amount.\u00a0<b>The\u00a0<\/b><b><i>average\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b>response was 3<\/b>. Although it\u2019s safe to say that this expectation varies based on seniority and role complexity.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-right\n\t\t\n\" id=\"recruitment-integrity\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-section-title\">c. Maintaining the integrity of the recruitment process<\/h3>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Cheating is on <s>everybody\u2019s<\/s> some people\u2019s mind<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While candidate cheating in the era of AI is a valid concern (as you\u2019ll see below), it\u2019s not something that\u2019s troubling everybody.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roughly 28% of recruiters are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worried about AI facilitating cheating, 23% are on the fence, and 49% are worried.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe-charts--display-column\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-are-you-concerned-the-growth-of-gen-ai-will-facilitate-candidate-cheating-in-the-hiring-process&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-are-you-concerned-the-growth-of-gen-ai-will-facilitate-candidate-cheating-in-the-hiring-process&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-are-you-concerned-the-growth-of-gen-ai-will-facilitate-candidate-cheating-in-the-hiring-process&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tAre you concerned the growth of Gen AI will facilitate candidate cheating in the hiring process?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yes, very concerned<\/td><td>19.74%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Somewhat concerned<\/td><td>28.86%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neutral, unsure at this point<\/td><td>22.91%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Not very concerned<\/td><td>12.66%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>No, not concerned at all<\/td><td>12.29%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I haven&#8217;t thought about it before<\/td><td>3.54%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">How prevalent is cheating really?<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So who\u2019s in the right? Those that worry, or those that don\u2019t?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, what we can say\u00a0<\/span><b>40% of recruiters say that they\u2019ve experienced cheating within the assessment process<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a further 10% say they\u2019ve suspected cheating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for developers, <\/span><b>12% admitted to cheating<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at least once, on a technical assessment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The fact there are new possibilities doesn\u2019t mean cheating\u2019s becoming more prevalent.<\/p>\n<p>And we don\u2019t need to blow the problem out of proportion.<\/p>\n<p>Recruiters need what they have always needed.<br \/>\nAn awareness that cheating can happen; an understanding of the warning signs; and then rolled-up sleeves to get on with hiring-as-usual.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s another more pertinent question around the use of GenAI in technical interviews though, and that\u2019s this:\u00a0<strong>is using GenAI actually cheating in the first place<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe-charts--display-row\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-have-you-ever-cheated-on-a-technical-assessment-or-a-coding-interview-and-how-many-times&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-have-you-ever-cheated-on-a-technical-assessment-or-a-coding-interview-and-how-many-times&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-have-you-ever-cheated-on-a-technical-assessment-or-a-coding-interview-and-how-many-times&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tHave you ever cheated on a technical assessment or a coding interview (and how many times)?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Never<\/td><td>88.06%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Once<\/td><td>6.83%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A few times<\/td><td>5.11%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I never took a technical test before<\/td><td>0.00%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-have-you-ever-experienced-a-candidate-cheating-on-a-coding-test-live-interview&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-have-you-ever-experienced-a-candidate-cheating-on-a-coding-test-live-interview&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-have-you-ever-experienced-a-candidate-cheating-on-a-coding-test-live-interview&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tHave you ever experienced a candidate cheating on a coding test\/live interview?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yes, multiple times<\/td><td>29.02%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yes, once<\/td><td>11.09%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>No, never, and I am not concerned about it<\/td><td>22.74%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>No, but I\u2019m aware of it happening in the industry<\/td><td>17.74%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Suspected, but I couldn\u2019t confirm<\/td><td>9.98%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Not applicable; I don\u2019t conduct coding tests or live interviews<\/td><td>9.43%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-right\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Copy and pasting code = cheating?<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While we don\u2019t think that there are any cases where impersonation is okay\u2026 we do have questions.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The top two types of cheating highlighted by recruiters are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Copying code from others or the internet<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Using unauthorized resources, like Google or books<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But\u2026?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developers regularly use \u201cexternal\u201d resources on-the-job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They search Google for a reminder, because they haven\u2019t used a certain language in a while.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Or<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they use Copilot to generate ideas, but edit the code using their skills, judgment and experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Or <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they copy-and-paste a solution from Stack Overflow, but then test and debug from that foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If, in \u201creal life\u201d, these are considered pragmatic, efficient ways to solve problems, <\/b><b><i>why should they be forbidden in a recruitment setting?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How is that contributing to creating a <\/span><b>realistic hiring experience<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-types-of-cheating-were-you-confronted-with&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-types-of-cheating-were-you-confronted-with&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-types-of-cheating-were-you-confronted-with&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWhat types of cheating were you confronted with?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Copying code from others or the internet<\/td><td>38.41%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Using resources we did not authorize, like Google or books<\/td><td>33.33%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Misrepresenting skills or experience levels<\/td><td>28.26%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Getting outside help or collaborating with others<\/td><td>27.05%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Using auto-complete tools that generate entire solutions<\/td><td>16.67%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Impersonating someone else to take the test<\/td><td>15.46%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Indirect &#8211; Leaking questions on the internet<\/td><td>13.04%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Using pre-written code that wasn&#8217;t developed during the test<\/td><td>13.04%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Other<\/td><td>10.63%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"\n    quote-block\n            quote-block--width-60\n                quote-block--align-center\n            \n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-quote\">\n\n\n    <figure class=\"the-quote-figure\">\n        <blockquote class=\"the-quote\">\n            <p>For as long as I\u2019ve been writing code, we\u2019ve had tools to help us remember things. Our toolsets are becoming more complex over time, so don\u2019t expect candidates to have everything memorized. Memorization isn\u2019t a good indicator of how well a potential engineer will solve problems.<\/p>\n\n        <\/blockquote>\n\n                    <figcaption class=\"the-attribution\">\n               Nathan Sutter, VP of Engineering at CoderPad\n            <\/figcaption>\n            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-right\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"the-pills\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"pill\">Actionable learning<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Is AI powering cheating?<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among those that are cheating, <\/span><b>48% of them are using AI to generate or optimize code<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In their top 3 means to cheating, developers also state:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copying code from the internet or previous projects<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using unauthorized online resources or forums<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We encourage recruiters to focus on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201chow can I test a developer\u2019s understanding of the code they\u2019ve submitted\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rather than <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201chow can I be sure of its source\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Related watch:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/events\/cheating-mitigation-playbook-tools-and-techniques-to-safeguard-your-technical-hiring\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Proactively Mitigate Cheating in Your Technical Hiring<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-how-did-you-cheat&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-how-did-you-cheat&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-how-did-you-cheat&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tHow did you cheat?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Using AI tools to generate or optimize code<\/td><td>47.92%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Copying code from the internet or previous projects<\/td><td>30.21%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Using unauthorized online resources or forums<\/td><td>24.65%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Getting help from friends or colleagues<\/td><td>20.49%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Other (please specify)<\/td><td>9.72%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Indirect &#8211; Leaking questions on the internet<\/td><td>6.60%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Accessing the test outside allowed conditions<\/td><td>4.86%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-left\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Candidates \u201cunder pressure\u201d<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Candidates name time pressure, performance pressure and a lack of confidence as the top reasons why they cheat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-why-did-you-cheat&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-why-did-you-cheat&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-why-did-you-cheat&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWhy did you cheat?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Time constraints or tight deadlines<\/td><td>41.98%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pressure to perform well<\/td><td>46.08%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lack of confidence in my skills<\/td><td>40.61%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Unclear instructions or expectations<\/td><td>24.23%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The perception that the test is unfair or unrealistic<\/td><td>17.06%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Urgent need to secure the job<\/td><td>20.48%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The belief that others might be cheating<\/td><td>13.99%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"\n    quote-block\n            quote-block--width-60\n                quote-block--align-center\n            \n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-quote\">\n\n\n    <figure class=\"the-quote-figure\">\n        <blockquote class=\"the-quote\">\n            <p>Be open-minded. Curiosity will get you further than assumptions. Ask for explanations. Seek understanding without instant judgment. And see what you find out. <\/p>\n\n        <\/blockquote>\n\n                    <figcaption class=\"the-attribution\">\n               Amanda Richardson, CoderPad CEO\n            <\/figcaption>\n            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-section-block\n\t\n\" id=\"what-will-tech-hiring-look-like-in-2025\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-section\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"the-section-title\">3. Recruitment predictions for 2025<\/h2>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cGreat Stay\u201d sees more tech talent sticking in their roles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work-life balance outweighs salary as a retention driver, though those leaving seek better pay and growth opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We don\u2019t see tech hiring picking up speed in 2025, but we expect companies will hire smarter and focus on AI roles, where demand is rising.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"the-links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#the-great-stay\">a. The Great Stay <svg class=\"icon icon-right-arrow\" role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 9\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>right arrow<\/title><path d=\"M14.335 3.256H0v2.171h14.335v3.256l4.762-4.341L14.334 0v3.256z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#hiring-goals\">b. Hiring goals and priorities <svg class=\"icon icon-right-arrow\" role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 9\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>right arrow<\/title><path d=\"M14.335 3.256H0v2.171h14.335v3.256l4.762-4.341L14.334 0v3.256z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#skills-gap-opportunities\">c. Skills: gaps or opportunities? <svg class=\"icon icon-right-arrow\" role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 9\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>right arrow<\/title><path d=\"M14.335 3.256H0v2.171h14.335v3.256l4.762-4.341L14.334 0v3.256z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" id=\"the-great-stay\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-section-title\">a. The Great Stay<\/h3>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"the-pills\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"pill\">Hot take<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Tech talent and the \u201cGreat Stay\u201d<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cGreat Stay\u201d or \u201cBig Stay\u201d describes the growing phenomenon of workers remaining in their current jobs for longer periods of time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This movement has replaced the \u2018Great Resignation\u2019, which resulted in a record-breaking four million workers quitting each month in 2021, extending into 2022 and 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>And it\u2019s reflected in our numbers.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022, 52% of developers said they were thinking about leaving their job. In 2023, that number went down to 49%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of 2024, 42% said they were considering exploring new opportunities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, 30% of respondents answered \u201cI\u2019m happy where I am for now\u201d\u2014vs. 23% in 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe-charts--display-row\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-are-you-personally-thinking-about-quitting-your-job-or-exploring-new-job-opportunities-in-the-next-12-months&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-are-you-personally-thinking-about-quitting-your-job-or-exploring-new-job-opportunities-in-the-next-12-months&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-are-you-personally-thinking-about-quitting-your-job-or-exploring-new-job-opportunities-in-the-next-12-months&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tAre you personally thinking about quitting your job or exploring new job opportunities in the next 12 months?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yes, I&#8217;m thinking about it<\/td><td>41.95%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>No, I&#8217;m happy where I am for now<\/td><td>29.61%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I recently quit or switched jobs<\/td><td>16.88%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>None of the above<\/td><td>11.57%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-right\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Work-life balance has a major impact on retention<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is it that makes developers want to stick around?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While a competitive salary and benefits package <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">important (33%), it\u2019s less important than a positive work-life balance (43%).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, from TikTok trends (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@breatheintransformation\/video\/7360754695561874731?=___psv__p_49369942__t_w__r_www.google.com%2F_&amp;ref=popsugar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#savetheday<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, #bareminimummondays, #actyourwage, etc.) to interviews, we\u2019re seeing people prioritize their wellbeing, set boundaries and reassess their approach to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Developers are no exception<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does your organization promote work-life balance? And how do you showcase these efforts to candidates?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-makes-you-stay&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-makes-you-stay&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-what-makes-you-stay&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWhat makes you stay?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Respect for work-life balance<\/td><td>42.80%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Great colleagues<\/td><td>37.28%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Competitive salary and benefits<\/td><td>32.74%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Meaningful or exciting challenges<\/td><td>30.57%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Job stability and security<\/td><td>28.40%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Good advancement\/career opportunities<\/td><td>18.54%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alignment with personal values and goals<\/td><td>18.54%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Good management<\/td><td>12.62%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Positive recognition<\/td><td>12.03%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Performant work facilities (hardware, tools, environment, etc.)<\/td><td>5.13%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-left\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Give developers the opportunity to grow<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And those who aren\u2019t (great) stay-ing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019re leaving in search of a better salary, and the opportunity to grow their career. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-top-reasons-to-switch-jobs&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-top-reasons-to-switch-jobs&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-top-reasons-to-switch-jobs&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tTop reasons to switch jobs\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>To get a higher salary<\/td><td>44.87%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>For better advancement\/career opportunities<\/td><td>43.91%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>To escape boredom\/find new challenges<\/td><td>27.37%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>For better work-from-home options<\/td><td>24.27%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Due to a misalignment in company strategy and prioritization<\/td><td>15.96%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>In search of better management<\/td><td>14.60%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>In search of a more financially stable company<\/td><td>12.86%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>For better work facilities (hardware, tools, environment, etc.)<\/td><td>9.77%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Due to misalignment of company values<\/td><td>9.77%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>To get away from toxic colleagues<\/td><td>8.99%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>To work closer to where I live<\/td><td>8.41%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>In search of recognition<\/td><td>7.93%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>In search of a company committed to investing time and energy in social &amp; environmental issues<\/td><td>5.13%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>To do something outside of software development<\/td><td>4.64%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-right\n\t\t\n\" id=\"hiring-goals\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-section-title\">b. Hiring goals &#038; priorities<\/h3>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">The pace of hiring in 2025<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We don\u2019t see the number of new tech hires picking up massively in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, this year <\/span><b>60% of recruiters say they\u2019re looking to hire less than 50 developers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (vs. 54% in 2024).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does this have something to do with the \u201cGreat Stay\u201d, the role of externalization, or maybe upskilling?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can\u2019t be sure, but we can hypothesize. What\u2019s your prediction?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;column&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-in-the-next-12-months-how-many-technical-people-does-your-company-plan-to-hire&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-in-the-next-12-months-how-many-technical-people-does-your-company-plan-to-hire&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-in-the-next-12-months-how-many-technical-people-does-your-company-plan-to-hire&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tIn the next 12 months, how many technical people does your company plan to hire?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tComparison with 2024.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>2025<\/td><td>2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>0-10<\/td><td>43.24%<\/td><td>34.46%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11-50<\/td><td>16.78%<\/td><td>19.49%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>51-100<\/td><td>5.57%<\/td><td>9.78%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>101-200<\/td><td>2.14%<\/td><td>5.12%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>201-500<\/td><td>1.63%<\/td><td>2.72%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Over 500<\/td><td>3.00%<\/td><td>5.83%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I don\u2019t know<\/td><td>27.65%<\/td><td>22.60%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"the-pills\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"pill\">Hot take<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Companies continue to invest in recruitment<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organizations may not be hiring <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this year, but we think they plan to hire <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">better<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>37% of recruiters expect to see their budget increase this year<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, while companies are looking to invest in all aspects of HR and hiring, we predict that the adoption of AI tools will have the greatest impact.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe-charts--display-row\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;column&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:560,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-in-2025-you-think-your-hiring-budget-will&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-in-2025-you-think-your-hiring-budget-will&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-in-2025-you-think-your-hiring-budget-will&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tIn 2025, you think your hiring budget will:\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tComparison with 2024.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>2025<\/td><td>2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Increase<\/td><td>36.91%<\/td><td>25.52%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Decrease<\/td><td>13.64%<\/td><td>13.73%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stay the same<\/td><td>26.31%<\/td><td>17.10%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I don&#8217;t know<\/td><td>23.14%<\/td><td>43.65%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-right\n\t\t\n\" id=\"skills-gap-opportunities\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-section-title\">c. Skills: gaps or opportunities?<\/h3>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">There\u2019s growing demand for AI specialists\u2026<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the first time in 8 years, \u201cAI specialists\u201d are one of the top 3 most sought-after tech profiles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past few years, we\u2019ve seen demand for this position grow. In 2023, 18% of recruiters were looking to hire AI or Machine learning specialists. In 2024, 21%. This year, 27%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back-end, full-stack and front-end engineers are also<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">consistently<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in high demand<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe-charts--display-column\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-which-technical-positions-are-you-looking-to-hire-for-in-2025&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-which-technical-positions-are-you-looking-to-hire-for-in-2025&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-which-technical-positions-are-you-looking-to-hire-for-in-2025&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWhich technical positions are you looking to hire for in 2025?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Back-end developer\/engineer<\/td><td>41.74%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Full-stack developer\/engineer<\/td><td>40.34%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>AI\/Machine learning specialist<\/td><td>27.41%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Front-end developer\/engineer<\/td><td>27.26%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DevOps<\/td><td>24.92%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Applications developer<\/td><td>23.99%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Software architect<\/td><td>19.16%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Data scientist<\/td><td>17.45%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cybersecurity engineer<\/td><td>15.42%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Project manager<\/td><td>15.42%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cloud engineer<\/td><td>14.64%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Product manager<\/td><td>13.71%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tester<\/td><td>12.31%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Data or business analyst<\/td><td>11.06%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mobile developer\/engineer<\/td><td>10.75%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Game developer\/engineer<\/td><td>10.28%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Information security analyst<\/td><td>9.81%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Systems engineer<\/td><td>9.50%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sysadmin<\/td><td>6.70%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Data architect<\/td><td>6.54%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Web3 developer<\/td><td>5.92%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Blockchain engineer<\/td><td>4.83%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DBA<\/td><td>4.21%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Prompt engineer<\/td><td>3.43%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CTO<\/td><td>3.12%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\tsurvey-report-content-block--chart-orientation-left\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">\u2026and recruiters are scrambling to hire them<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As mentioned above, demand for AI specialists is high\u2014and recruiters are feeling the heat!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, <\/span><b>recruiters have deemed \u201cAI specialists\u201d the most difficult role to fill<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortunately, 28% of developers are actively learning new, AI-related skills, and 26% are planning on doing so. This should broaden the talent pool somewhat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What makes it so tricky to hire for these roles?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it simply the limited supply of specialized profiles? Or are recruiters also finding it challenging to assess AI skills, identify potential, define and communicate scope, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-which-positions-do-you-think-youll-struggle-to-recruit-for-in-2025&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-which-positions-do-you-think-youll-struggle-to-recruit-for-in-2025&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-which-positions-do-you-think-youll-struggle-to-recruit-for-in-2025&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}},&quot;custom&quot;:{&quot;autoWrapLabels&quot;:true}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tWhich positions do you think you\u2019ll struggle to recruit for in 2025?\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tRespondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>AI\/Machine learning specialist<\/td><td>21.65%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Back-end developer\/engineer<\/td><td>18.69%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>None<\/td><td>14.17%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Full-stack developer\/engineer<\/td><td>11.53%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Applications developer<\/td><td>11.06%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DevOps<\/td><td>10.90%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cybersecurity engineer<\/td><td>10.59%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Software architect<\/td><td>7.94%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Front-end developer\/engineer<\/td><td>7.17%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Data scientist<\/td><td>6.70%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cloud engineer<\/td><td>5.30%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Blockchain engineer<\/td><td>4.67%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Game developer\/engineer<\/td><td>4.21%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Project manager<\/td><td>4.05%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Systems engineer<\/td><td>3.74%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tester<\/td><td>3.74%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mobile developer\/engineer<\/td><td>3.58%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Information security analyst<\/td><td>3.43%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Data architect<\/td><td>3.27%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Product manager<\/td><td>2.96%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DBA<\/td><td>2.80%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Data or business analyst<\/td><td>2.49%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Other (please specify)<\/td><td>2.49%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CTO<\/td><td>2.18%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Web3 developer<\/td><td>2.18%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sysadmin<\/td><td>2.02%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Prompt engineer<\/td><td>1.56%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"the-title\">Python, JavaScript, React and Node.js hold their place in the sun<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demand and supply are aligned between developers and recruiters for the 2 most popular programming languages: Python and JavaScript. This is consistent with previous years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for frameworks, Node.js and React are both the best-known and the most in-demand frameworks.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe-charts--display-row\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-best-known-vs-most-in-demand-programming-languages&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-best-known-vs-most-in-demand-programming-languages&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-best-known-vs-most-in-demand-programming-languages&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tBest-known vs. most in-demand programming languages\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tWe asked developers &#8220;Which programming languages do you know?&#8221;. We also asked recruiters &#8220;Which programming languages does your company have high demand for?&#8221;. Respondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>Developers<\/td><td>Recruiters<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Python<\/td><td>70.6%<\/td><td>45.7%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>JavaScript<\/td><td>64.2%<\/td><td>41.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Java<\/td><td>50.1%<\/td><td>39.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Typescript<\/td><td>31.3%<\/td><td>27.9%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>C++<\/td><td>45.0%<\/td><td>24.4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>C#<\/td><td>33.1%<\/td><td>24.4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SQL<\/td><td>53.5%<\/td><td>21.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HTML CSS<\/td><td>59.4%<\/td><td>17.4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>PHP<\/td><td>29.1%<\/td><td>13.6%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Go<\/td><td>9.2%<\/td><td>10.2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>C<\/td><td>46.9%<\/td><td>10.0%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bash<\/td><td>29.6%<\/td><td>6.9%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kotlin<\/td><td>8.2%<\/td><td>6.9%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rust<\/td><td>8.5%<\/td><td>5.1%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Swift<\/td><td>3.4%<\/td><td>3.4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>R<\/td><td>6.6%<\/td><td>3.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ruby<\/td><td>6.0%<\/td><td>3.1%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VB.NET<\/td><td>6.7%<\/td><td>3.0%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Other (please specify)<\/td><td>6.2%<\/td><td>3.0%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>PowerShell<\/td><td>10.6%<\/td><td>2.8%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dart<\/td><td>5.5%<\/td><td>2.1%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>COBOL<\/td><td>2.0%<\/td><td>2.1%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Scala<\/td><td>2.8%<\/td><td>2.0%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Perl<\/td><td>3.8%<\/td><td>1.6%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lua<\/td><td>7.2%<\/td><td>1.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Haskell<\/td><td>3.7%<\/td><td>1.2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Groovy<\/td><td>1.8%<\/td><td>1.2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clojure<\/td><td>1.0%<\/td><td>1.2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pascal\/Delphi<\/td><td>6.2%<\/td><td>1.0%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SAS<\/td><td>0.8%<\/td><td>1.0%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>OCaml<\/td><td>3.2%<\/td><td>0.7%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VHDL<\/td><td>2.7%<\/td><td>0.7%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ObjectiveC<\/td><td>1.7%<\/td><td>0.7%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fortran<\/td><td>2.1%<\/td><td>0.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Solidity<\/td><td>1.3%<\/td><td>0.3%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-best-known-vs-most-in-demand-frameworks&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-best-known-vs-most-in-demand-frameworks&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-best-known-vs-most-in-demand-frameworks&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tBest-known vs. most in-demand frameworks\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n    \t\t<p class=\"the-chart-subtitle\">\n\t\t\tWe asked developers &#8220;Which frameworks do you know?&#8221;. We also asked recruiters &#8220;Which frameworks does your company have high demand for?&#8221;. Respondents could select multiple answers.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>Developers<\/td><td>Recruiters<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>React<\/td><td>33.7%<\/td><td>34.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Node.js<\/td><td>39.5%<\/td><td>27.4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spring<\/td><td>15.9%<\/td><td>20.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>.NETCore<\/td><td>20.3%<\/td><td>19.7%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Angular 2+<\/td><td>11.3%<\/td><td>17.4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Next.js<\/td><td>15.3%<\/td><td>11.8%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>React Native<\/td><td>11.3%<\/td><td>9.8%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>AngularJS<\/td><td>12.4%<\/td><td>8.9%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vue.js<\/td><td>15.6%<\/td><td>8.9%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Django<\/td><td>18.0%<\/td><td>8.0%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FastAPI<\/td><td>7.7%<\/td><td>6.9%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Flutter<\/td><td>8.6%<\/td><td>6.4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ExpressJS<\/td><td>17.0%<\/td><td>5.7%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Other (please specify)<\/td><td>5.9%<\/td><td>5.7%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NestJS<\/td><td>6.0%<\/td><td>5.4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Laravel<\/td><td>8.7%<\/td><td>5.1%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Flask<\/td><td>14.6%<\/td><td>4.6%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Symfony<\/td><td>8.1%<\/td><td>3.8%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Qt<\/td><td>10.4%<\/td><td>3.0%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ASP<\/td><td>5.7%<\/td><td>2.8%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nuxt.js<\/td><td>3.1%<\/td><td>2.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Quarkus<\/td><td>1.3%<\/td><td>2.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>RoR (Ruby on Rails)<\/td><td>3.5%<\/td><td>2.1%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>JSF<\/td><td>2.0%<\/td><td>1.8%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pyramid<\/td><td>0.6%<\/td><td>1.8%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Svelte<\/td><td>3.4%<\/td><td>1.6%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Backbone.js<\/td><td>0.9%<\/td><td>1.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ExtJS<\/td><td>0.7%<\/td><td>1.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ionic<\/td><td>2.3%<\/td><td>1.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Play<\/td><td>0.8%<\/td><td>1.2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Struts<\/td><td>1.7%<\/td><td>1.2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Xamarin<\/td><td>2.6%<\/td><td>0.7%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cocoa<\/td><td>0.8%<\/td><td>0.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Knockout.js<\/td><td>1.0%<\/td><td>0.3%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\ticon-card-group-block\n\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-icon-card-group\" data-block-bg-color=\"black\" data-block-rounded-corners=\"all\" data-block-padding-top=\"large\" data-block-padding-bottom=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\">\n\n\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\tFood for thought\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tcards\n\t\t\tcards--count-3\n\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-card\">\n    <svg class=\"icon icon-lightbulb\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 37 37\"><title>lightbulb<\/title><path fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\".4\" d=\"M18.63 2.835c.622 0 1.126.504 1.126 1.125v1.644a1.125 1.125 0 1 1-2.25 0V3.96c0-.62.503-1.125 1.125-1.125M8.246 7.093a1.125 1.125 0 0 1 1.589.074l1.103 1.21a1.125 1.125 0 1 1-1.663 1.516L8.17 8.683a1.125 1.125 0 0 1 .074-1.59m20.917.036c.44.44.44 1.152 0 1.591l-1.21 1.21a1.125 1.125 0 0 1-1.591-1.59l1.21-1.21c.44-.44 1.152-.44 1.591 0m-10.531 3.619c-3.853 0-6.913 3.014-6.913 6.655 0 2.287 1.2 4.319 3.054 5.522.774.503 1.497 1.271 1.835 2.244h4.072c.324-.97 1.039-1.743 1.81-2.244 1.854-1.203 3.055-3.235 3.055-5.522 0-3.641-3.06-6.655-6.913-6.655m1.864 16.671H16.82l.025 1.785a1.825 1.825 0 0 0 3.649-.025zm-5.939-1.103c-.014-.52-.363-1.084-1.009-1.503-2.448-1.59-4.08-4.308-4.08-7.41 0-4.953 4.138-8.905 9.164-8.905s9.163 3.952 9.163 8.905c0 3.102-1.632 5.821-4.08 7.41-.636.413-.97.975-.97 1.481v2.885a4.075 4.075 0 0 1-8.148.056zm18.074-7.53h-1.942a1.125 1.125 0 0 1 0-2.25h1.942a1.125 1.125 0 0 1 0 2.25M3.336 17.66c0-.622.504-1.125 1.125-1.125h2.113a1.125 1.125 0 1 1 0 2.25H4.46a1.125 1.125 0 0 1-1.125-1.125\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg>\n\n\n    \n            <div class=\"card-description\"><p>How can recruiters and hiring managers leverage AI to make the technical assessment process more \u201creal\u201d, closer to the on-the-job experience?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-card\">\n    <svg class=\"icon icon-four-and-half-stars\" role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 104 20\" fill=\"none\" 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Survey Demographics<\/h2>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We gathered feedback from over 3,000 developers from 149 different countries, with diverse professional and personal backgrounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although many student coders took part in our survey, our developer community was mostly representative of professionals working in various positions and industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full-stack developer was the top represented tech position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also surveyed roughly 1,500 people who hire technical profiles as part of their job. Respondents came from 143 countries, with varying professional experience and responsibilities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"the-links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#our-developer-community\">a. Our developer community <svg class=\"icon icon-right-arrow\" role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 9\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>right arrow<\/title><path d=\"M14.335 3.256H0v2.171h14.335v3.256l4.762-4.341L14.334 0v3.256z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#our-recruiter-community\">b. Our recruiter community <svg class=\"icon icon-right-arrow\" role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 9\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>right arrow<\/title><path d=\"M14.335 3.256H0v2.171h14.335v3.256l4.762-4.341L14.334 0v3.256z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" id=\"our-developer-community\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-section-title\">a. Our developer community<\/h3>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-geography&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-geography&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-geography&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tGeography\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>France<\/td><td>28.71%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>India<\/td><td>9.99%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>United States<\/td><td>8.68%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Germany<\/td><td>3.99%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>United Kingdom<\/td><td>2.54%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brazil<\/td><td>2.44%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Canada<\/td><td>2.36%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Morocco<\/td><td>2.18%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spain<\/td><td>2.06%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Poland<\/td><td>1.95%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-employment-status&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-employment-status&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-employment-status&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tEmployment status\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Employed full-time<\/td><td>39.51%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Student<\/td><td>33.46%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Unemployed<\/td><td>12.68%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Freelancer or self-employed<\/td><td>7.04%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Intern<\/td><td>2.70%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Employed part-time<\/td><td>2.60%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>None of the above<\/td><td>1.54%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-position&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-position&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-position&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tPosition\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Full-stack developer\/engineer<\/td><td>29.27%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Back-end developer\/engineer<\/td><td>19.14%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Other (please specify)<\/td><td>7.95%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Applications developer<\/td><td>6.62%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Front-end developer\/engineer<\/td><td>4.57%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Embedded software engineer<\/td><td>3.77%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Teacher, educator, trainer, or academic researcher<\/td><td>3.38%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tech lead<\/td><td>3.25%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Game developer\/engineer<\/td><td>2.91%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Job seeker<\/td><td>2.58%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Data scientist or machine learning specialist<\/td><td>2.25%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DevOps<\/td><td>2.25%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Data or business analyst<\/td><td>2.05%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Architect<\/td><td>1.59%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sysadmin<\/td><td>1.59%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mobile developer\/engineer<\/td><td>1.52%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Systems engineer<\/td><td>1.39%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tester\/Test engineering analyst<\/td><td>1.39%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Project manager<\/td><td>0.99%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CEO<\/td><td>0.86%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CTO<\/td><td>0.33%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Product manager<\/td><td>0.20%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DBA<\/td><td>0.13%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-years-of-experience&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-years-of-experience&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-years-of-experience&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tYears of experience\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>0-1 year<\/td><td>45.49%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2-3 years<\/td><td>16.68%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4-5 years<\/td><td>10.29%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6-7 years<\/td><td>5.64%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8-9 years<\/td><td>3.66%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10-11 years<\/td><td>4.07%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12-15 years<\/td><td>4.24%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16-20 years<\/td><td>4.00%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Over 20<\/td><td>5.95%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" id=\"our-recruiter-community\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-section-title\">b. Our recruiter community<\/h3>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-geography&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-geography&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-geography&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tGeography\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>France<\/td><td>19.70%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>India<\/td><td>17.01%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>United States<\/td><td>6.11%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Morocco<\/td><td>4.69%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tunisia<\/td><td>3.25%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brazil<\/td><td>2.51%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vietnam<\/td><td>2.34%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Germany<\/td><td>2.27%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>China<\/td><td>2.09%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Canada<\/td><td>1.84%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-position&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-position&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-position&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tPosition\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tech lead<\/td><td>30.21%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Developer<\/td><td>26.45%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CTO (Chief Technology Officer)<\/td><td>9.19%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Other (please specify)<\/td><td>7.88%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Talent acquisition\/recruitment manager<\/td><td>7.32%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VP\/Director of Engineering<\/td><td>3.94%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Business manager<\/td><td>3.38%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HR<\/td><td>2.63%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Learning\/training\/development<\/td><td>2.25%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VP\/Director of talent acquisition<\/td><td>1.88%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>COO ( Chief Operating Officer)<\/td><td>1.69%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Benefits and Compensation<\/td><td>1.31%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>OM (Office Manager)<\/td><td>0.56%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sourcing specialist<\/td><td>0.56%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VP\/Director of HR<\/td><td>0.56%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Talent brand manager<\/td><td>0.19%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CHO (Chief Happiness Officer)<\/td><td>0.00%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"\n\tsurvey-report-content-block\n\t\t\n\" data-block-name=\"coderpad-survey-report-content\" data-block-margin-top=\"extra-large\" data-block-margin-bottom=\"extra-large\" >\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"\n\t\t\tthe-charts\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"\n    coderpad-chart-block\n    js-coderpad-chart\n    \n\"\n    data-block-name=\"coderpad-chart\"\n    \t    data-chart-options=\"{&quot;chart&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;toolbar&quot;:{&quot;export&quot;:{&quot;csv&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-company-size&quot;},&quot;svg&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-company-size&quot;},&quot;png&quot;:{&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;coderpad-company-size&quot;}}}},&quot;yaxis&quot;:{&quot;labels&quot;:{&quot;maxWidth&quot;:160}}}\"\n    >\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the-chart-title\">\n\t\t\tCompany size\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I&#8217;m self-employed<\/td><td>11.44%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1-9 employees<\/td><td>12.20%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10-49 employees<\/td><td>17.07%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>50-249 employees<\/td><td>19.89%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>250-999 employees<\/td><td>12.38%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Over 1000 employees<\/td><td>27.02%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42216,"parent":37801,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41650","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41650"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42031,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41650\/revisions\/42031"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}