{"id":42472,"date":"2025-04-10T18:23:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T01:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/?post_type=case-study&p=42472"},"modified":"2025-10-25T12:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T19:11:44","slug":"how-anyscale-saves-over-200-per-30-minute-technical-interview-with-coderpad","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/case-study\/how-anyscale-saves-over-200-per-30-minute-technical-interview-with-coderpad\/","title":{"rendered":"How Anyscale Saves Over $200 Per 30 Minute Technical Interview with CoderPad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Anyscale<\/a>, the company behind Ray<\/a> open source, is a fully-managed, enterprise-ready unified AI platform. With Anyscale, companies can build, deploy, and manage all their AI use cases, bringing transformational AI products to market faster. With the AI boom in full swing, Anyscale is experiencing rapid growth<\/a> and seeking to fill 30+ engineering roles with highly qualified talent at any given time. Finding the right talent is competitive and challenging\u2014Anyscale has a rigorous interviewing process to screen its candidates for technical acumen and overall fit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Problem: Buggy Tools Were Burning Time, Budget, and Credibility <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Anyscale\u2019s technical interviewing tools were buggy and unreliable, creating a poor candidate experience and wasting expensive engineering time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to switching to CoderPad, Anyscale was leveraging a combination of HackerRank and another coding interview tool for its technical hiring process. But even with these tools, the engineering team still faced significant challenges in conducting technical interviews. The tools were buggy and unreliable, which caused frustration for both the candidate and interviewer. For example, if a candidate’s code triggered an infinite loop, terminal output\u2014the primary means of validating results\u2014would be disabled, preventing a meaningful evaluation of their solution. The talent acquisition team was faced with a flood of complaints from both parties. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The engineers hated it. Our Slack channel was flooded with requests to go back to CoderPad.<\/p>\n\n <\/blockquote>\n \n

\n Shayna<\/span>\n Recruiting Operations Specialist<\/span>, Anyscale<\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n \n
\n CoderPad<\/span>\n code interview<\/span>\n all<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

\n 5<\/span> stars\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Fix: Engineers Asked to Bring Back CoderPad\u2014and It Changed Everything<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Anyscale\u2019s engineers asked to switch to CoderPad and consolidate all technical interviewing onto the CoderPad platform to create a seamless interviewer and candidate experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since onboarding to CoderPad, Anyscale has noticed a meaningful and positive impact on the technical hiring process. The benefits of the CoderPad platform have touched all parties involved\u2014including the Anyscale engineering team, the Anyscale talent acquisition team, and even Anyscale candidates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Engineers: Better Signal, Less Hassle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Improved ability to evaluate each candidate\u2019s technical skills faster and with more accuracy  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    • Increased efficiencies in the interviewing process reduce load on the Anyscale engineering team, making more time for actual product development<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • A cleaner and more intuitive UI <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Fewer bugs and reliability issues<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Built in interviewer tools\u2014like private notes and playback mode\u2014that allow interviewers to be fully present and engaged during the interview<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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      With CoderPad, our engineers are able to quickly grasp what skills a candidate has. It\u2019s just straightforward and easy.<\/p>\n\n <\/blockquote>\n \n

      \n Shayna<\/span>\n Recruiting Operations Specialist<\/span>, Anyscale<\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n \n
      \n CoderPad<\/span>\n code interview<\/span>\n all<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

      \n 5<\/span> stars\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n

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      CoderPad records code in real time so I can review it after the fact. It\u2019s easy to drag the time slider at the bottom to see what the code was at any given time. I also really prefer CoderPad’s method for adding private notes<\/p>\n\n <\/blockquote>\n \n

      \n LLM Engineering Manager<\/span> Anyscale<\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n \n
      \n CoderPad<\/span>\n code interview<\/span>\n all<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

      \n 5<\/span> stars\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      For Talent Acquisition: Smoother Ops and Happier Hiring Managers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • The ability to only pass candidates with the right skills onto the engineering team <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Seamless ATS and scheduling tool integrations, which reduce manual work by eliminating the need to copy\/paste information into multiple platforms <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Happier hiring managers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • A faster feedback loop after interviews are completed<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • A more streamlined and effective hiring process <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The ability to run a more standardized and consistent hiring process <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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        Since switching to CoderPad, I haven\u2019t gotten one complaint from the engineering team. The tool just works for all of us so seamlessly.<\/p>\n\n <\/blockquote>\n \n

        \n Shayna<\/span>\n Recruiting Operations Specialist<\/span>, Anyscale<\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n \n
        \n CoderPad<\/span>\n code interview<\/span>\n all<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

        \n 5<\/span> stars\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        For Candidates: A Realistic, Engaging Interview Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        • The ability to show their skills in a realistic environment without bugs or reliability issues getting in their way <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • A better read on what work will actually look like on the job <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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          The candidate experience is so important\u2014the tech community talks, and a bad interviewing process can ruin your brand. By using CoderPad, we know our candidates are in great hands.<\/p>\n\n <\/blockquote>\n \n

          \n Shayna<\/span>\n Recruiting Operations Specialist<\/span>, Anyscale<\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n \n
          \n CoderPad<\/span>\n code interview<\/span>\n all<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

          \n 5<\/span> stars\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n

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          It wasn\u2019t worth risking the candidate\u2019s experience just to save a few dollars.<\/p>\n\n <\/blockquote>\n \n

          \n Shayna<\/span>\n Recruiting Operations Specialist<\/span>, Anyscale<\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n \n
          \n CoderPad<\/span>\n code interview<\/span>\n all<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

          \n 5<\/span> stars\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

          The Results: $200+ Saved Per Interview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          With CoderPad, the Anyscale team has realized massive time savings which have translated into meaningful cost savings. Driving efficiencies in the process via CoderPad\u2019s tools has significantly cut down the number of hours engineers need to spend interviewing candidates who don\u2019t have the right skills, allowing for time savings of 2+ hours and cost savings of $200+ per interview. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Anyscale, the company behind Ray open source, is a fully-managed, enterprise-ready unified AI platform. With Anyscale, companies can build, deploy, and manage all their AI use cases, bringing transformational AI products to market faster. With the AI boom in full swing, Anyscale is experiencing rapid growth and seeking to fill 30+ engineering roles with highly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-42472","case-study","type-case-study","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-study\/42472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-study"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case-study"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-study\/42472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43325,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-study\/42472\/revisions\/43325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}