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Codility

Enterprise SaaS for technical hiring assessments

Overview

Codility provides a SaaS platform for enterprise technical hiring that helps companies assess and recruit software engineers. Its tools include CodeCheck for pre-screening assessments, CodeLive for collaborative live interviews, CodeChallenges for online coding contests, and easy ATS integration, all offered on a subscription basis. The platform delivers objective, data-driven insights into a candidate’s real-world coding and problem-solving abilities to support evidence-based hiring and reduce bias. The company's goal is to help organizations hire better engineers faster by streamlining the recruitment process with reliable evaluation tools.

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About Codility

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Why Codility is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & AnalyticsEnterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$24.6M

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2009

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What believers are saying

  • November 2026 releases added Codex, task randomization, and AI-skill evidence across assessments.
  • The 2026 IPAC Innovation Award and 4.6 G2 rating strengthen buyer trust.
  • Trusted by Microsoft, Tesla, Slack, and American Express, Codility keeps marquee enterprise references.

What critics are saying

  • OpenAI Codex and Anthropic Claude now commoditize coding assessment workflows by 2026.
  • Fewer than 100 employees across four countries limits enterprise support against Workday, HackerRank, and Mercer.
  • No public 2026 revenue disclosure and no IPO path increase acquisition dependence or stagnation risk.

What makes Codility unique

  • Codility’s ESM 2.1 maps every task to 30 skills and 180 subskills.
  • The platform shipped AI controls within four days of Claude Sonnet 5.5 and GPT-6.1.
  • Codility now spans hiring and workforce planning with Skills Intelligence and AI-for-business interviews.

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Funding

Total Funding

$24.6M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

3 Rounds

Series A funding typically happens when a startup has a product and some customers, and now needs funding to scale. This money is usually used to grow the team, expand marketing, and improve the product. Venture capital firms are frequently the main investors here.
Series A Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

$15M
$8.2M
$15M
$22M
$30M

Benefits

  • Remote Work Options

Company News

PR Newswire
Oct 23rd, 2023
Codility Introduces Groundbreaking Engineering Skills Model (Esm) To Transform Software Engineering Talent Management

LONDON, Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Codility, the leading technical hiring platform, is excited to announce the launch of its groundbreaking Engineering Skills Model (ESM). The ESM, now integrated into our products and focused on skill-level assessment, revolutionizes how engineering leaders assess and nurture skills within their teams."Almost 30 million software engineers are active worldwide, and this number is set to rise," said Natalia Panowicz, Codility's Co-Founder and CEO. "Until today, companies hiring engineers have faced the challenge of defining engineering skills and how to assess those skills. The ESM is a first-of-its-kind framework that brings a holistic perspective on modern software engineering skills. Underpinning our products, the ESM brings scientific rigor to engineering skills assessments, empowering leaders to make more informed hiring, upskilling, reskilling, and workforce planning decisions

Codility
Oct 13th, 2023
Codility's Engineering Skills Model: A New Framework Built to Revolutionize Tech Talent Management

Codility is excited to unveil its Engineering Skills Model (ESM), a research-backed framework that helps engineering leaders understand the skills needed for modern software engineering jobs.

Codility
Aug 9th, 2023
G2 Rates Codility #1 in Europe & Customer Satisfaction Leaders

Codility has been ranked by G2 as the #1 Technical Skills Screening Platform in Europe and Customer Satisfaction Leaders in multiple categories.

RecruitingDaily
May 5th, 2023
HCM Talent Technology Roundup May 5, 2023

People intelligence platform Nestor announced the launch of its Talent & Opportunities Marketplace to help organizations overcome mobility challenges.

PR Newswire
Apr 26th, 2023
Codility Introduces Ai-Resistant Skills Assessments

Codility announces the first ever solution to address the rapid rise and use of generative AI for cheating coding tests to ensure technical skills assessments continue to provide fair, evidence-based evaluations of candidates.SAN FRANCISCO, April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Codility the leading technical hiring platform, is announcing an AI-resistant library of tasks specifically designed to mitigate cheating on technical skills assessments using ChatGPT. Currently, the company is the only leading assessment vendor actively enabling customers to create AI-resistant assessments."At Codility, we understand that the AI landscape is highly dynamic, and it presents both opportunities and challenges for the technical hiring process. We want to empower our customers to adapt their stance on this technology over time as it unfolds. From allowing engineers to showcase their skills using generative AI to introducing features that mitigate and detect its use, we will continue to provide our customers with more options to select the assessment methods that best align with their hiring philosophy and goals, supporting building diverse and high performing engineering teams," said Natalia Panowicz, CEO of Codility.Codility announces first-ever AI-resistant coding skills test designed to mitigate cheating using ChatGPT. Tweet thisThe team at Codility has conducted extensive testing across the task library and tags tasks according to ChatGPT solvability, allowing customers the option to create tests that are ChatGPT-resistant or easily identify and filter out ChatGPT-solvable tasks.The company has also evolved how they develop new AI-resistant content and is increasing the production of highly ChatGPT-resistant task types within their assessment platform. "The ongoing testing and evolution of our AI-resistant library will support hiring teams in making confident, evidence-based hiring decisions, even with the growing prevalence and use of AI in skills testing," noted Panowicz.As the inventor and innovator of the technical skills assessment category, Codility is leading the way in researching AI's applicability, impact, and benefits to technical assessment strategies

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