1. BitTorrent Case Study
BITTORRENT
CASE STUDY
Website About BitTorrent
www.bittorrent.com BitTorrent creates advanced, innovative technologies to
efficiently deliver large files across the Internet. Through an
Industry orchestrated ecosystem of software, devices and content, the
Internet Technology company is dedicated to simplifying the digital lifestyle.
Location BitTorrent's two main products today include the original
San Francisco, CA
BitTorrent software and the tiny-but-mighty µTorrent, which
Needs
combined boast over 100+ million users.
A faster way to screen
through technical candi- Solution
dates and leads. BiTorrent needed a platform to support their existing but time
consuming code screening process so they signed up for
Our Solution CodeEval to automate the process as well as to source in top
An automated coding tier talent.
screening platform and
community of over 13,000+ Results
developers. In 3 months there were over 600+ attempts to solve BitTor-
rent’s set of challenges (GridWalk and Decryption). On average,
Results
17.1% passed the challenge and applied for the job. 109 candi-
• 3 Hires
• 109 Applications
dates moved forward and BitTorrent hired ended up hiring 3
• 2 Challenges candidates for key positions within the company.
• 600+ Attempts
• 17.1% Pass Rate
“As a company where technical challenges are key to
Check out BitTorrent’s our engineering hiring process, CodeEval has
Challenges streamlined our screening process by introducing
talented developers who have worked to solve our
http://www.codeeval.com/-
public_sc/60/
challenge at introduction. Through CodeEval we
have been able to hire 3 key positions with talented
http://www.codeeval.com/- engineers and continue to look to CodeEval for
public_sc/61/ top-notch developers.”
Lisa Pogue
Director of Human Resources at BitTorrent
www.codeeval.com