Anyone can ship code. Not everyone can judge it.
AI writes most of the code now, trained on the mediocre kind. The engineers you want can tell clean architecture from confident-looking slop.
From €25 per candidate, no subscription
~15 min
per assessment
from €25
per candidate
1 link
single use
Your hiring process was built for a different era.
What you're doing now
LeetCode-style puzzles test algorithm recall, not engineering judgment. Take-home projects take days and still don't tell you if someone can distinguish good code from bad. You're measuring the wrong thing.
The real bottleneck
The hardest part of engineering isn't writing code, it's knowing whether the code is any good. With AI generating plausible-looking code everywhere, the ability to evaluate quality is the skill that separates great engineers from the rest.
What is CriticCode
Test the skill that actually matters.
Candidates see multiple implementations of the same feature, from clean and idiomatic to working but flawed. They rank them from best to worst and explain their reasoning. No writing code, pure code analysis.
You get a score based on how well they identified quality — but the real signal is their reasoning. A candidate who builds a clear argument for why one approach fits a specific scenario tells you more than a perfect score ever could.
How it works
Four steps. Twenty minutes.
Choose assessments
Pick from our library of assessments covering Docker, Ruby, Express, and more.
Enter candidate details
Add the candidate's name and email. Pay securely via Stripe.
Candidate gets a link
They receive a one-time link via email. No account needed. Takes about 15 minutes.
Review the results
See their score and read their reasoning. Make informed hiring decisions.
Why CriticCode
Vibe coding raised the floor.
It also raised the bar.
AI writes most of the code now, trained mostly on the mediocre kind. Any candidate can prompt their way to something that works. The hard part is knowing when the output is subtly broken, unmaintainable, or just confident-looking slop.
Spotting buried bugs, enforcing clean architecture, making trade-offs that hold up six months later — that's the job now. CriticCode tests whether your candidates can actually do it.
Pricing
Simple. No subscription.
Pay only when you send an assessment. No monthly fees, no annual contracts, no per-seat pricing.
from
€25
per candidate
- ✓ First assessment included in base price
- ✓ +€5 for each additional assessment
- ✓ Score and written reasoning included
- ✓ No expiring credits or unused seats
Better hires start with better questions.
Stop testing what AI can do. Start testing what your candidates can evaluate.
Send your first assessment →