The Andela assessment is your opportunity to show what you can really do and not through trick questions or abstract puzzles, but through real, practical engineering work.
What is the Andela Assessment?
The Andela assessment is a work simulation. Instead of multiple choice questions or whiteboard problems, you'll work through scenarios that mirror the kind of tasks you'd encounter in a real engineering role such as debugging a performance issue, reviewing code, designing a system, or building a feature.
Each scenario is time-boxed and delivered through an online platform called Woven, which you can access directly from your browser. Once you begin, you'll have a set number of hours to complete the full assessment, but keep in mind that each scenario within it has its own individual time limit, so pace yourself accordingly.
The assessment is designed to evaluate your practical capability across multiple dimensions and not just whether you get the right answer, but how you think, how you structure your work, and how you communicate your reasoning.
What kinds of scenarios are included?
Depending on the type of assessment you take or the role you are applying for, assessment scenarios could include a mix of (or either of these):
- Architecture and system design: Identifying performance bottlenecks, brainstorming solutions with limited information, and thinking through tradeoffs across different levels of a system
- Coding: Solving problems in your language of choice, handling edge cases, writing clear and well-structured code
- Code review: Reading existing code critically and identifying improvements
- Collaboration: Demonstrating how you'd work through ambiguous or incomplete problems the way you would on a real team
Some scenarios allow AI assistance while others do not. Each scenario will clearly indicate which applies, and using AI on a non-AI scenario is a code of conduct violation that will disqualify your submission.
Before you get started, set aside 30 to 60 minutes to try out the assessment environment through a demo. Getting comfortable with the platform before the clock starts means you can focus entirely on your work when it matters most.
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Ready to get started?
Head to the assessments section in the Andela Talent Cloud. Select the assessment you'd like to take from the dropdown, make sure you've read through your prep guide, and set aside dedicated, uninterrupted time before you begin.
There's no rush, but when you're ready, we can't wait to see what you bring.