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October Recruitment · Assessments

Skip the guesswork.
See how they really work.

Cara builds take-home exercises with a weighted rubric, and technical assessments end with a spoken follow-up about the candidate’s own work. Your team scores blind, with Cara’s read as a second opinion.

See the work. Hear the reasoning.Interactive example
Built with Cara · Senior Product Designer

Redesign the plan picker

Take our pricing page and design a clearer way for teams to choose a plan. Share your thinking as much as the screens.

3 days to submitAbout 4 hours
  • Annotated designsFile
  • Prototype linkLink
  • Submitted through the candidate portal · no login
Rubric · weighted /100
Problem framing30
Visual craft25
Design-system use25
Communication20

Cara’s read against the rubric. Strong visual craft and good use of existing components. The trade-offs behind the new tiers are less clear. A second opinion for your team, not a decision.

Blind scores · given before seeing anyone else’s
ProblemVisualDesign-systemCommunication
Alex Morgan4543
Priya Naidoo4444
Tom Becker2543
Problem framing scores differ by 2 points. Worth discussing at the walkthrough.
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See the real work · Inside October Recruitment

Built for the work
behind a great hire.

01

An exercise in minutes, not a week.

Answer a few quick questions and Cara drafts the brief, deliverables and a rubric weighted out of 100. Ask Cara to change anything in plain words, then reuse the exercise across roles.

  • Cara-drafted brief and deliverables
  • Rubric weighted out of 100
  • Reusable across roles
02

Fair to candidates. Fair between reviewers.

Candidates submit files and links through a portal with no login, with the effort and deadline shown up front. Reviewers score blind before seeing anyone else’s scores, and big disagreements are flagged.

  • Emailed portal with no login
  • Blind scores, final once submitted
  • Side-by-side view flags 2-point gaps
03

Understanding, not just output.

Technical assessments generate a unique, open-book task for each candidate. Cara then holds a voice conversation about their submission, so a comprehension gap shows up even when the work looks strong.

  • Programming, system design, SQL and more
  • Spoken follow-up on their own work
  • Comprehension gap flag
A closer look

Your questions.
The useful details.

Does Cara decide who passes?

No. Cara’s rubric review is a second opinion for your team, not a decision. The overall score is calculated from your rubric weights, and your reviewers score independently.

Can candidates use AI tools?

Technical assessments are open book. The spoken follow-up checks whether the candidate understands and can explain what they submitted.

When are exercises sent?

Send an exercise from a candidate’s profile, or send it automatically when candidates reach a pipeline stage. Schedule the walkthrough interview from the review when you’re ready.

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