Run a real technical round without a technical team.
You do not have an interview loop or a bar to hold candidates to yet. Give each one the same real task in an isolated cloud environment, and read a scored result instead of trusting a gut feeling on your fifth hire.
Mission
3h limitShip it behind a load balancer
Set up the web server- Deploy the API service
- Route traffic through the load balancer
- Prove the health checks pass
2 of 4 complete
Live environment
Running- vmlab-vm-01Ready
- svcapi-serverReady
- lbgatewayProvisioning
2h 12m left of the 3h limit
Your first hires set the bar every later one is measured against
Without Scalyz
With Scalyz
What is at stake
At five people, one wrong hire is the whole quarter
You do not have the slack a big team has. The first engineers set the standard, or the lack of one, for everyone who comes after.
What is at stake
A fifth of the team
A hire that does not work out is not a rounding error at your size. It is a real fraction of the company and a quarter you cannot rerun.
What you lack
An in-house bar
There is no senior on staff to sit the interview and tell you what good looks like. The task has to carry that.
What sets the tone
The first few
The people you hire first decide the standard the next ten are measured against, for better or worse.
Live in an afternoon
Three steps from the job post to a shortlist you can defend, with no screening calls.
Backend hiring, July
Open
6 invited · 4 completed
Closes Friday, 18:00
Invite the whole list at once
You pick the test and the deadline, then send your whole applicant list at once, by email, CSV, or a shareable link.
Live environment
Running- vmlab-vm-01Ready
- svcapi-serverReady
- lbgatewayProvisioning
2h 12m left of the 3h limit
Candidates work when it suits them
Each candidate gets their own machine, a real one, with a real task already loaded.
Camille Durand
DevOps assessment
No integrity flags
The shortlist ranks itself
Scoring runs automatically against the task you set, so the ranking builds as candidates finish.
Mission
3h limitShip it behind a load balancer
- Set up the web server
- Deploy the API service
- Route traffic through the load balancer
- Prove the health checks pass
2 of 4 complete
Camille Durand completed the lab2m
Report ready for reviewjust nowHugo accepted your invitation1hStart from a real task, or bring your own
You can send candidates a published task built around real systems, or import your own files as a .zip so the test is the work your company actually does. Either way you run it yourself first, as a candidate, before anyone else sees it.
- Scored automatically on the end state of a real system, not on an answer
- Import your own scenario as a .zip, rename it, and run it yourself as a candidate first
- One credit per candidate, reserved on send, released on expiry, no seats
The questions we get
Straight answers on how the tests, the scoring and the credits actually work.
What is a Scalyz lab, exactly?
A real virtual machine with a real mission, not a quiz. The candidate works with the same tools they'd use on the job, and the session is recorded so you can review the evidence later.
Who scores it?
Automatically. The checks run against what the candidate delivered, and you get a report broken down skill by skill, so no one on your team grades a thing by hand.
Can they cheat with AI?
A chatbot can suggest commands, but it can't run a live system for the candidate. The mission has to be done on the machine itself, and any cheating signals come with context, so you can judge them yourself.
What do I pay?
In credits: one per candidate. A credit is reserved when you send an invitation and released if it expires unused. You pay per candidate tested, never per user.
Can I bring my own exercise?
Yes. Upload your files as a .zip, rename the mission to match your role, and run it yourself for one credit first. What you tested is exactly what candidates get.
What is it like for candidates?
On their own time. They start when it suits them, work with real tools on a real machine, and finish in one sitting. It runs in English and French.
Hire your first engineers on the work
Book a demo and we will run it on a role you are hiring for now.
One credit per candidate, reserved on send, released on expiry, no seats
