Sophia Baik
Sophia Baik is Co-founder and VP of People, Finance, and Operations at CodeSignal, a coding skills assessment platform dedicated to helping companies #GoBeyondResumes in tech recruiting. Prior to co-founding CodeSignal, Sophia started her career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers before gaining experience in marketing and operations at tech companies such as Wayfair, Zynga, and Beepi.
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Can Coding Tests Help You Overcome Bias in Recruiting?
Despite welcome moves to adopt inclusive practices, the tech industry struggles to implement fair and unbiased hiring processes. According to Fortune data, women make up roughly 25% of the workforce… Read more
Understanding the Quality of Hire Metric in Tech, and 4 Ways of Improving It
Talented software engineers are in high demand. In their rush to hire technical talent faster than the competition, recruiters and hiring managers may make hires that end up being a… Read more
Optimizing Workforce Productivity with Technical Skills Assessments: A How-To Guide
According to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 1.4 million computer science jobs in the country, but only 400,000 graduates each year. To bridge the engineering labor shortage,… Read more
The Recruiter’s Guide to Technical Assessments
High demand for engineers and developers has led forward-thinking companies to adopt technical skills assessments in their hiring processes. Among essential criteria for hiring developers, recruiters ranked technical assessments as… Read more
How to Succeed with Campus Recruiting in 2022: The Ultimate Guide
According to NACE’s Job Outlook 2022 Spring Update survey, employers reported that they plan to hire almost one-third (31.6%) more new college graduates from the Class of 2022 than they hired… Read more
Technical Screening and the Candidate Experience: Why the Two Are Inseparable in 2022
Candidate experience is a candidate’s perception of your recruiting process that begins from their first interaction with your organization. How you source, evaluate, interview and onboard a candidate impacts the… Read more
Five Best Practices for Interviewing Software Engineers
There has been a steady rise in the demand for software engineers over the past few years, and it shows no sign of slowing. The U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics… Read more
How to Choose a Technical Assessment & Interview Tool in 2022: The Ultimate Guide
Technical assessments are pre-employment screens for developer and engineering roles. A good skill assessment helps recruiters gain insight into a candidate’s ability to accomplish job responsibilities, programming skills (with languages… Read more
How to Prevent Burnout on Resource-Constrained Teams
Employee burnout is becoming increasingly pervasive across workplaces, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Employees of all ages reported increased rates of burnout in February 2021 compared to February 2020. Deloitte’s… Read more
Building a Diverse Engineering Team in 2022: The Beginner’s Guide
The tech industry’s long-standing diversity problem is no secret, especially when it comes to engineering. Despite the recent focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, tech companies still have… Read more
Five Skills to Look for When Hiring Technical Recruiters
While companies struggled with high attrition over the past year, recruiters also found it hard to find and hire their own. Many recruiting firms have been pressed to meet client… Read more
