Technical work simulations

See how candidates do the work.

Candidates tackle realistic assignments using role-specific tools and AI coworkers. Your team gets the work, objective checks, and an evidence brief for a more focused interview.

For software engineering, data & analytics, ML engineering, and ML research hiring.

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  1. 01

    Choose the hiring question

    Your team defines what it needs to learn.

  2. 02

    Work through a realistic task

    Investigate, change, verify, and explain.

  3. 03

    Discuss the work together

    Inspect the sources. Follow up on the gaps.

Four role areas

Different work.
The same clarity.

Choose work that reflects the role. Inspect how someone investigates a problem, tests an idea, and explains the result.

Software engineering

Fix a failure that keeps coming back.

Investigate a duplicate-write bug, make a change, and add a regression test.

Patch + regression test

Diagnosis, code quality, verification, and operational trade-offs.

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Data & analytics

Turn a messy dataset into a defensible answer.

Investigate a metric change, check the data, and explain the conclusion.

Query + decision memo

Data checks, analytical choices, assumptions, and communication.

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ML engineering

Find why a model looks better than it is.

Investigate a suspicious evaluation result and propose a sound comparison.

Evaluation + model report

Leakage detection, split design, holdout reporting, and model evaluation.

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ML research

Find out whether a research claim holds up.

Reproduce a result within a compute budget, examine the evidence, and recommend whether to adopt the method.

Reproduction + research verdict

Experimental rigor, statistical reasoning, reproducibility, and research judgment.

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Each example includes a task, working context, and a sample evidence brief.

Where it fits

A shared starting point for the final interview.

Place a role-specific simulation between the recruiter screen and final interview. Give your panel a shared piece of work to discuss, with specific decisions, trade-offs, and gaps to explore.

  1. 01

    Recruiter screen

    Confirm role, motivation, and working constraints.

  2. 02

    SeeTheWork simulation

    Observe one meaningful piece of the job under consistent conditions.

  3. 03

    Focused final interview

    Probe the decisions, trade-offs, and gaps visible in the work.

  4. 04

    Human decision

    Make the call with the work and reviewer judgment together.

The work informs the conversation. Your team makes the hiring decision. Read our review principles.

Before you start

A few practical questions.

Discuss your role
Who designs the assignment?

SeeTheWork drafts the task and review criteria with your team. Your hiring manager contributes role context and checks that the work reflects the job. Assignments cover software engineering, data & analytics, ML engineering, and ML research.

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How much time does it take?

The participant session is designed around 90 minutes. Your hiring manager helps refine the task and reviews the resulting evidence. We confirm the schedule and reviewer time in the proposal.

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Can participants use AI?

AI can be part of the task when permitted. The tool policy is agreed up front and explained before the session. Reviewers discuss the participant’s changes, checks, and reasoning with that context.

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What if the result is inconclusive?

An unanswered question stays visible. Reviewers inspect the source and decide what needs a conversation or another way to assess it. Missing evidence is not treated as proof that someone lacks the skill.

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How is a pilot scoped?

The starting package includes one assignment, a guided walkthrough, an evidence brief, and a joint review. The written proposal sets the participant count, dates, reviewer time, and price.

Discuss your pilot

A focused pilot

One role.
A complete review.

Start with a role-specific assignment, a guided walkthrough, and a review package your hiring team can inspect. The first conversation identifies a relevant task and the next steps.

Discuss a pilot

Tell us what you hire for. We’ll help identify the work to assess.

  • One role-specific assignment
  • A task and review criteria shaped with your team
  • A guided walkthrough of the simulation
  • An evidence brief and joint review