# Technical hiring assessments for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "coding assessment platform" and as "technical interview tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/technical-hiring-assessments/enterprise

**Standing:** HackerRank leads with 38% of first choices; verdict contested. 53 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [HackerRank](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/hackerrank/index.md) | 38% | 18% | 68 |
| 2 | [Codility](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/codility/index.md) | 21% | 15% | 61 |
| 3 | [Coderbyte](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/coderbyte/index.md) | 15% | 9% | 35 |
| 4 | [CodeSignal](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/codesignal/index.md) | 11% | 21% | 57 |
| 5 | [CoderPad](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/coderpad/index.md) | 4% | 9% | 34 |
| 7 | [HackerEarth Assessments](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/hackerearth-assessments/index.md) | 2% | 15% | 20 |
| 11 | [Karat](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/karat/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 10 |
| 13 | [Mercer | Mettl](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mercer-mettl/index.md) | 0% | 25% | 12 |
| 14 | [iMocha](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/imocha/index.md) | 0% | 18% | 11 |
| 40 | [TestGorilla](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/testgorilla/index.md) | 0% | 38% | 21 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 54 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: HackerEarth Assessments, HackerRank; alternatives CoderPad, Codility, DevSkiller
- GPT-5.4 mini: HackerRank; alternatives CodeSignal, Codility
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: HackerRank; alternatives CodeSignal, CoderPad, DevSkiller, Karat
- Perplexity Sonar: HackerRank; alternatives CodeSignal, Codility, HackerEarth Assessments, iMocha
- Grok 4.20: HackerRank; alternatives Coderbyte, Codility
- Mistral Small: CodeSignal, Codility; alternatives Coderbyte, HackerRank
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: HackerRank; alternatives CodeSignal, CoderPad, Codility, Mercer | Mettl
- Llama 4 Maverick: CodeSignal; alternatives CoderPad, Coderbyte, Codility, HackerEarth Assessments
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: CodeSignal, Codility; alternatives CoderPad, HackerEarth Assessments
- Kimi K2: HackerRank; alternatives CodeSignal, Codility
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Codility; alternatives CodeSignal, CoderPad, HackerRank, InCruiter IncProctor
- MiniMax M2.5: Coderbyte, Codility; alternatives CoderPad
- GPT-6 Luna: HackerRank; alternatives CodeSignal, CoderPad, Codility
- Muse Glimmer 30B: HackerRank; alternatives CodeSignal, Codility

## Sources the answers cite

74 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- codility.com: 57 answers, 149 citations
- hackerrank.com: 44 answers, 79 citations
- coderbyte.com: 35 answers, 73 citations
- g2.com: 25 answers, 37 citations
- coderpad.io: 21 answers, 29 citations
- selectsoftwarereviews.com: 19 answers, 21 citations
- codesignal.com: 16 answers, 27 citations
- selecthub.com: 10 answers, 11 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://codility.com/compare/best-technical-assessment-platforms (36 answers)
- https://codility.com/how-to-choose-technical-assessment-platform (31 answers)
- https://coderbyte.com/blog/reviewing-all-43-of-the-technical-assessment-platforms (29 answers)
- https://codility.com/ (19 answers)
- https://selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/online-coding-interview-tools (18 answers)
- https://codility.com/compare (17 answers)
- https://hackerrank.com/writing/best-coding-assessment-tools (12 answers)
- https://codility.com/compare/best-talent-assessment-tools (11 answers)
- https://coderpad.io/ (10 answers)
- https://codesignal.com/pricing (9 answers)

## Warned against

- HackerRank: 12 of 68 labels negative. "Complex credit system; enterprise pricing not published; steep jump from Pro to Enterprise" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget prompt)
- CodeSignal: 12 of 57 labels negative. "When to avoid: If your organization handles thousands of candidates monthly or requires ironclad anti-cheating without heavy manual oversight." (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Codility: 9 of 61 labels negative. "Limited testing capabilities due to unavailable APIs and restrictions on interviewer usage" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- TestGorilla: 8 of 21 labels negative. "The pricing model is credit-based, which can become expensive at realistic hiring volumes." (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: HackerRank at 38%.

- HackerRank: 51% to 38%, −13. Inside the floor by 0 points · rank 1 of 54, unchanged.
- Codility: 11% to 21%, +10. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 4 → 2 of 54.
- CoderPad: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 8 → 5 of 54.
- Coderbyte: 18% to 15%, −3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 2 → 3 of 54.
- CodeSignal: 13% to 11%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 3 → 4 of 54.
- HackerEarth Assessments: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 5 → 7 of 54.
- Karat: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 10 → 11 of 54.
- Mercer | Mettl: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 16 → 13 of 54.
- iMocha: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 11 → 14 of 54.
- TestGorilla: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 12 → 40 of 54.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.