# SkillPanel Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is SkillPanel the right Recruiting solution for you? Explore 54 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/147881/Instapage/reviews --- SkillPanel 4.8 (54) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 31st, 2026 # Reviews of SkillPanel Ease of use 4.7 Customer Service 4.7 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews Ned L CTOInformation Technology and Services, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Setting up new tests is easy, with so many preconfigured selections (by language) - which can then be tailored as appropriate. “ January 15, 2023 MD Maxime D Production CoordinatorComputer Software, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Also, most of the question evaluating programming skills are way too long.“ April 18, 2023 Călin B IT Recruiter Information Technology and Services, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Another really positive aspect that I would like to highlight is that the platform has a great interface, the design makes sense and you can easily find what you're looking for.“ February 10, 2023 Ash M ConsultantMuseums and Institutions, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “The interface is a little cumbersome at times when trying to build tests.“ August 31, 2020 Razvan S IT RecruiterInformation Technology and Services, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Intuitive interface, test library has many tests, the support team from devskiller was on point and very helpfull.“ February 10, 2023 Călin B IT Recruiter Information Technology and Services, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Support from the DevSkiller team has also been nothing short of excellent.“ February 10, 2023 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 54 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Gert Jan T. Manager Knowledge Center Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Good site for testing candidates" September 14, 2018 4.0 We use Devskiller to test candidates that apply for a job. It helps us to check whether they have the knowledge they need for their job. Pros The possibility to define your own tasks and tests. There are a lot of different types of questions and different platforms that are supported. Cons To make your own programming tasks you have to upload a zip-file with a project. If something is wrong, you don't get very clear error messages. Review Source BW Bryan W. Software Engineer Arts and Crafts Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Pre-screen candidates with relevant questions" April 20, 2018 5.0 We've cut down the amount of in-person interviews we need to hold by 65+% by being able to realize what the level of experience the candidate demonstrates within code very similar to our own. When we do bring in a candidate, we have a good baseline idea of where their skillset it at, and can tailor the in-person interview to allow us to determine the candidate's rate-of-growth and dive deeper into what they know. Pros Out of the box, we're supplied with relevant questions and programming solutions we can customize a test with. It didn't take long at all for us to get a list of questions the team liked together in a test, and start testing candidates in our funnel. There's a large pool of format of questions- we don't need to format the coding questions into weird multiple choice questions where you select the correct code as other platforms have you do. Along the same vein, we can have the candidate complete coding projects that are similar to work our developers do each day: find and fix the existing bug(s), implement a new feature, or perform a code review (similar to Bitbucket or Github pull request code reviews). We ended up writing a few of our own questions, which wasn't difficult, that allowed us to test candidates how they'd perform against some of our own code. The code reviews especially have been great at determining the candidate's skill level based on the feedback they give. Being able to have the candidate download/upload code from Devskiller so they can modify it in their own IDE, or allowing them to grab the code from a temporary Github repository is a big plus. Cons Some bugs had come up, such as not being able to turn on/off an option in a test question. These were resolved quickly in a few hours after sending an email to the support email. The test isn't fully automated for some types of questions (as you would expect for code reviews), but there's also not a way to give automatic partial credit on multiple-choice questions. This requires us to go through the test questions individually to give partial credit (4 / 5 correct doesn't seem like a 0% to us), but the time isn't significant. Brackets seem to break the SQL questions, which is odd and hangs some candidates up. Review Source AG Anna G. Learning & Development Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "review" May 17, 2023 4.0 positive but demanding Pros skill map is a very useful tool to present the skills across the organisation Cons skillsets are a rather difficult concept and sometimes it is difficult to operate using them Reason for choosing SkillPanel flexibility and development plans Review Source FD Francois D. Architect Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Hiring candidates with devskiller" June 12, 2023 5.0 As soon as we got devSkiller in our hiring process, we saw a direct improvement of our developer and code quality in our project. It helped us better target our candidates and skills we needed and gain a huge among of time in the hiring process. Pros The flexibility of the type of test, the in-browser developer experience, the number of pre-defined test that gets updated all the time makes devSkiller the best way for us to best assess and improve candidate in our projects. Cons The candidature management is hard when dealing with a large among of candidates. note taking, grouping could be a nice add-on. Review Source AA Agata A. HR Business Partner Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "My experience with Devskiller" May 9, 2023 4.0 Pros Easy of use, graphical representation of skills-skill map, analytics tab- ability to generate reports, ability to integrate with other applications in the company, good cooperation with Devskiller. Cons Unintuitive place where tutorials are placed in the tool. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Recruiter Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Intuitive, practical and with a great support team" May 7, 2019 5.0 With Devskiller we’re able to evaluate candidate’s technical skills in a more efficient and faster way. It saves time not only from the recruitment process, but from the seniors developers that used to have to manually create and correct the tests before we started using Devskiller. Pros Devskiller has really contributed to improve the performance of our Recruitment Team. One of its advantage is the possibility to create custom tests to evaluate candidates in all sorts of levels and technologies, saving us time during the recruitment process. Another great benefit is the customer Support team, who are very fast and effective! Always solving our problems and quickly answering our questions and doubts. Cons When the same candidate answer more than one test, it doesn’t shows the results separately, only the average score, which can be a little confusing. Review Source yH yaron H. TL Printing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Kornit Digital for SW developers and QA engineers candidates " June 29, 2021 5.0 Pros The best customer support ! fast, and help in any issue I had. Easy of use - filter and monitoring candidates Easy of use - creating tests platform Automatic scoring for almost all test types Can view recording session Good analytics are provided about the candidate Cons not enough tests for non experienced candidates (like students) - maybe i did not find and the system support it in case a test is canceled then it is counted as a used test - in case of limited license Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Founder Online Media Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Amazingly useful, Outstanding customer support - An absolute Lifesaver " January 29, 2019 5.0 Using Dev Skiller was a lifesaver. I was lost for how I was going to choose a developer when I have no experience within coding however this help immensely. That being said, even if you have coding experience the tool is very valuable, if not more so because you will be able to dive in deeper to check the results and build an amazing test. This is a great tool to evaluate candidates and compare against each other. Pros Having no coding/develper experience I had no way to screen, test and compare my candidates to find a developer for my website. Dev Skiller was a lifesaver in allowing me to do all of these and easily shortlist my candidates and see where their strengths and weaknesses lie. The set up process was simple and intuitive and was up and running and testing people very quickly. The support from Dev Skiller is outstanding and the team are genuinly invested in helping try to find the right candidate. Cons Nothing. Maybe a few features (and that's any platform) that could be added but nothing negative about the system. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Human Resources & Sales Coordinator Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Product!" January 24, 2018 5.0 Pros Devskiller is a great way to evaluate efficiently the developers technical skills. Their predefined tests are perfect for cost-efficient recruitment processing or you can simply create your own evaluation using this tool. Devskiller also offers a great customer service and ensure to provide you with a plan that will meet with your requirements. User friendly for both the recruiter and the candidates. Cons It would be great to eventually have bigger selection of software products, technologies, or languages to evaluate in predefined tests. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Customer Success/Hiring team Design Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "This platform is amazing, saved a lot of our time in hiring members of our development team!" February 14, 2021 5.0 Pros Venturing into a new line of business, we wanted to ensure that we're able to choose the perfect team members(developers) to join our family. Our head developer saved a lot of time screening the candidates as Devskiller offered a lot of options to test the applicants. It was also easy for us to reach out to their customer support when he had some questions. Cons We're in the early stage of usage, and haven't encountered any yet. Review Source PH Per H. Architect Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great way to screen tech candidates so we don't waste time interviewing devs who don't have it" March 9, 2018 5.0 We were looking for a tech screen that got us better results than the algorithmic tests we had used before. We tried Devskiller and never looked back. The results that candidates get give a good indication of their future performance so we no longer have to spend time and money bringing every candidate in for a technical interview. Pros It is super easy to give my developer candidates a real programming test. Candidates love it and their results do a good job of predicting future performance. It is easy to use and you can choose from their library of premade programming tasks or build your own. Cons Devskiller is a super easy way to identify the best dev candidates to invite for an interview. But I would love more premade programming tasks to choose from. Review Source CG Calvin G. Development Manager Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Devskiller has made it a lot easier to find candidates with the abilities we're looking for" April 23, 2018 5.0 Saves a lot of time screening applicants for development positions. Pros Having the ability to build custom tests in the exact environment we're looking for is amazing. The candidates can choose how they want to complete the tests, one of which is downloading the complete project and working in the IDE they are familiar with. It's a more valid test since that is how they will be working once we hire them. Cons The notification on when a candidate completes the test is only sent to the person that invited the candidate (in our case it's someone from HR). I only get notified to check the test if the HR person let's me know they are done. It would work better if I could subscribe and always be notified, even if I didn't invite the candidate. Review Source IO Ivan O. Development Lead Information Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Previously we spent a lot of hours on candidates selection, actually devskiller is saving our time!" August 9, 2017 4.0 Pros With Devskiller we are testing candidates against frontend and backend technologies. Measuring coding skills is automated, we use tests created by our experts and also create programming tests from scratch. Cons Creating own coding task could be a bit easier we have had troubles to achieve it. Maybe it is only about our own skills!? Review Source NC Natália C. HR Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Very easy and nice! I used for Intern Program and recruting. " January 23, 2018 4.0 I bougth a simple plan, so we dont have a lot of options about technology. For us it is very important to have a lot of technology like Java, .Net, Java Scrip. Pros All time on Customer Support and Sales were very nice! And it is ease to create the tests. I created 2 tests in the same day. Review Source PJ Paweł J. Delivery Manager Insurance Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Pre-screen candidates, save your time" October 24, 2018 5.0 Devskiller can also be used for internal company needs. It is perfect for employee development programs and progress tracking Pros Devskiller is a great tool to speed up your recruitment, it makes hiring process more efficient. User interface is easy very intuitive. You can choose from a wide range of questions (many technologies, types of questions). Measuring coding skills is automated and tests reports standarizedm, so comparing different candidates is very easy. Cons Devskiller is a bit pricey but I really recommend to use the free trail for start Review Source GS Gavin S. Group Development Manager Financial Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Powerful and easy to use candidate testing" July 10, 2018 5.0 We have reduced the load on senior resource for technical competency reviews, our great techs can now spend more time on tech and less time on marking. Pros For many years we created our own tests for candidates and marked them manually ourselves. Candidate interviews generally took up 10 to 20 hours of senior resource just in technical competency reviews. The option to upload to a git repository, automatically run unit tests and summarize results is by far the best feature of the software. Senior resource is spending an hour or two reviewing test results now. Other good features: solid library of built in tests, easy to search, easy to mix and match questions, easy to create your own questions. Cons The lack of some tests in the first paid tier seems arbitrary, iOs is the one we missed most in our case. Review Source MW Monika W. React Developer Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Different to any other way I have been tested" October 12, 2017 5.0 Pros I have been searching for a job for a little while now and done a few different tests. They were boring and didn't let me use my own IDE as Devskiller did which was really cool! Cons From my perspective, it was great but if I was to say one flaw it would probably be the time duration. I am busy person and I needed more time to complete the test. I told the recruiter and they sent a second test with a longer time limit so it worked out well in the end. Review Source KM Kady M. Business Administration Manager Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great customer support team, easy to set up user tests!" October 9, 2017 5.0 Pros Their customer support team is phenomenal. They are very helpful and responsive, quick to help out when we needed it. Review Source Ash M. Consultant Museums and Institutions Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Good for the nitty-gritty, surprising what you'll find out about your candidates" August 31, 2020 5.0 We needed to find a developer that suited our team, both in terms of personality and in terms of coding abilities. Tests are never a perfect way to assess a candidate alone, but they should be used in conjunction with other information (as some people just perform badly in tests). I am really happy with the information that Devskiller is surfacing on the candidates that we are getting in, it is surprising how different seniorities of developers perform (or don't perform). I assessed a few options before choosing the tool, this one seemed to be the best option and has certainly been good for us. Excellent customer service and very clear results reporting. Pros The depth at which you could assess candidates. For example, you can assess them on a range of code libraries - my focus was on Vue.js. The answers are not findable in Google and the company have internal tools to ensure this, so developers won't be able to find the answers on Stack Overflow by searching them. The questions are good, the multiple choice questions are challenging enough to prevent people from simply guessing (or the old cliche of choosing 'c'), particularly the questions that require you to choose multiple options (one or many answers to a question). The programming exercises are really the creme de la creme though, I was actually really surprised at the differences between candidates at different seniorities. These are not questions you can find in Google, these are live programming exercises which have a number of tests that need to be passed. You can view the approach, you can check their abilities to use GIT, you can use cheating-prevention mechanisms. Cons The pricing structure is a little bit restrictive and it would be great if it was more modular. That said, I moaned about this to their customer services team and they were very helpful in helping us find a fit. The interface is a little cumbersome at times when trying to build tests. Review Source Vivien S. Recruiter Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great results and outstanding customer service :)" October 2, 2020 5.0 We are really happy with the tool, it is absolutely user-friendly, customizable and effective. The account manager and the support team are very responsive and helpful. Pros They helped us reduce the candidate droput rate by 40% during the technical screening. They also helped us save hours of time both for the recruitment and tech teams. Cons Although they have great predefined tests, we prefer our own ones which are a bit trickier to set up and automate the correction. But anyways, it is great the we can customize it and it still saves a lot of time even if there are some parts of the solutions that we have to check manually. Alternatives considered [Codility](https://www.capterra.com/p/177457/Codility/)[HackerRank](https://www.capterra.com/p/143549/HackerRank/) Reason for choosing SkillPanel We used the trial period to see which one has the best functions, which is the easiest to use and compared prices as well. Review Source Ned L. CTO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent Software" January 15, 2023 5.0 No complaints, it has been a positive experience. I will try and take advantage of more of the features, there are a lot! Pros Setting up new tests is easy, with so many preconfigured selections (by language) - which can then be tailored as appropriate. The tests are less about random syntax questions, and more about fixing broken code or doing pair programming. Cons Sometimes candidates struggle to operate the coding challenge console - or they try and do it external to the platform, then upload. But I don't see that as a DevSkiller, more the nature of the beast. In a few cases I have let the candidate retake the test if they give a plausible explanation for why it didn't work. Review Source PT Petros T. Founder and CEO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Perfect tool for startups and young organisations" September 26, 2019 5.0 Honestly, Devskiller helped us hire our Senior Backend Engineer and also filter out many Frontend Developers. This is invaluable since hiring the wrong person in an early-stage startup can have the most catastrophic effects. The MVP will be buggy, the team frustrated, and the whole recruitment process will have to start all over for the specific position. I would like to commend their service culture, which is one of the best I have ever seen. We were offered a trial, with 14 candidates to test and no strings attached. On top of that, they have a reliable product that is intuitive and has many robust, pre-defined tests with various difficulty levels. Therefore, I highly recommend Devskiller to all entrepreneurs out there. Pros \- Fantastic customer support - Wide range of tests - Good test combinations (theory + practice) - Good range of difficulty levels - Easy to set up - Easy to use Cons \- Slow web editor (depending on the time of usage) Reason for choosing SkillPanel Unlike their main competitors, which were extremely expensive and did not even consider helping out a fellow startup, Devskiller customer support was with us from day 1. As a matter of fact, most of the other companies did not even bother offering a trial period! Review Source Jonatan R. R&D Manager Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Awesome!" February 17, 2018 5.0 Pros DevSkiller helps make tech recruiting easier, faster, and smoother because it provides many different tests for various programming languages, libraries and technologies, with different difficulty levels. The tests include real programming projects and not only questions which I think is very valuable. The rating of the tests is automatic and takes into consideration not only implemented functionality but also coding style, following best practices etc. It is also very easy to use. Cons I have found no real drawbacks to DevSkiller. What might further improve the product would be to keep building the test library with options to test even more libs/languages. Review Source Amir N. Co-Founder Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "LifeSaver!!!!" April 18, 2018 5.0 ability to test developer candidates. as we hire remotely, I cant imagine hiring someone without running them through these tests prior. Pros There are many testing sites out there but Devskiller has so many different tests to choose from, that it was a no-brainer. As we were looking for someone with strong time and dates skills, their "advanced" PHP test was almost like creating a custom made test for my needs (I believe they even offer custom made tests, if your budget allows) Super user friendly site and they offer a limited free version also. Cons it was a bit pricey for us as were a lean startup but worth every penny! It sure beats hiring someone unqualified! Review Source Călin B. IT Recruiter Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "DevSkiller - Review " February 10, 2023 5.0 Pros The main point that is particularly important for our company is that DevSkiller is already well integrated with our current ATS, which does make managing candidates a lot easier. Another really positive aspect that I would like to highlight is that the platform has a great interface, the design makes sense and you can easily find what you're looking for. Support from the DevSkiller team has also been nothing short of excellent. They are true professionals. Cons The testing library could be a bit more accessible. Review Source Similar Products Featured