ai-code-detector

For interviewers · take-home review

Screen take-home code before the follow-up interview

Upload candidate submissions and get a per-file report that shows which answers deserve deeper questions. Use it to focus the interview, not to auto-reject a candidate.

A screening signal is a reason to ask more, not a reason to reject.

Take-home work is harder to read at a glance

Strong candidates can write clean code quickly. Weak candidates can also paste polished output from an AI tool. The useful question is not "is this definitely AI?" It is "which submissions should get a deeper code walkthrough?"

Try it on one submission

A signal worth asking about

The report highlights unusual patterns and gives your team a place to start. Bring the flagged snippets into the interview and ask the candidate to explain the design, the tradeoffs, and the parts they would change.

A Hacker News launch that claimed high accuracy drew comments showing both false positives and missed AI code.
Hacker News 45265831 · background context, not a customer quote

Use it before you reject anyone

  1. Run the submitted files after the take-home deadline.
  2. Flag only the submissions that need a closer read.
  3. Add two or three follow-up questions based on the report.
  4. Ask the candidate to explain or extend the flagged code live.

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Reports for small teams without an assessment platform

If you do not have Codility or HackerRank in the stack, you still need a consistent way to decide where to dig. Use a shared report so interviewers ask about the same snippets instead of trading gut feelings.

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Questions from hiring teams

Can this reject a candidate automatically?

No. Use it to choose follow-up questions. A detector score should not be the reason to reject a candidate.

What should we ask after a high score?

Ask the candidate to explain the flagged code, change one requirement, and discuss tradeoffs. People who wrote the code usually handle that well.

What if the candidate used AI for boilerplate?

That may be normal in your process or not allowed at all. Set the policy first, then use the report to guide the conversation.

Is this plagiarism detection?

No. It does not compare code against other candidates or public sources. It screens for signals associated with AI-generated code.

Bring better questions into the next interview

Screen one submission free, then use batch review when take-home volume grows.