CodeSignal is a technical interview and assessment platform operated by American company BrainFights, Inc. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company has raised $87.5 million in total funding, with a Series C round in September 2021.

History

CodeSignal, initially called CodeFights, was founded in 2014 by Tigran Sloyan, Aram Shatakhtsyan, and Felix Desroches. CodeFights provided a platform for developers to compete in head-to-head timed coding challenges. In 2017, CodeFights began to offer an interview practice mode, as well as a product for recruiters to connect with qualified technical candidates. In 2018, the company changed the name of its platform from CodeFights to CodeSignal, and introduced a Coding Score that developers could share with technical recruiters, based on challenges completed on CodeSignal. Since then, the CodeSignal platform has expanded to offer a suite of technical interview and assessment products.

Platform

The CodeSignal platform consists of Tech Screen, Pre-Screen, and Interview products used by technical recruiters and hiring managers to source and qualify candidates for software engineering positions. Users select from a bank of coding tasks, create custom coding questions, or use a skills assessment framework like the General Coding Assessment (GCA). CodeSignal is a cloud-based

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(SaaS) product that integrates with applicant tracking systems (ATS) like Greenhouse and Lever.

Funding

The company raised an initial $2.5 million in seed funding in April 2015, which included investments by Felicis Ventures ( Aydin Senkut), Sutter Hill Ventures (Mike Speiser), LiveRamp CEO Auren Hoffman, Google Shopping Express founder Tom Fallows, Twitter VP of Engineering Raffi Krikorian,

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CEO

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VP of Engineering Marek Olszewski. CodeSignal raised $10 million in November 2016. The Series A funding round was led by

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. Other investors in that round included SV Angel, A Capital, Granatus Ventures,Simons, John
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, 16 November 2016. and Felicis Ventures. CodeSignal raised $25 million in Series B funding in December 2020, led by

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, followed by a $50 million Series C round led by

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in September 2021.

Customers

CodeSignal customers include

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