For developers

AbilityRating is being prepared for launch; developers can try it first. Early sittings start in the first months of 2027, for developers in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States at every level of seniority: employed, freelance or between jobs. They are anonymous: no account, no name and no email address. Taking part has no effect on any job application; no employer sees your results.

The sitting is built for development work as it is now: AI tools allowed, no trivia and no need to perform while someone watches. What matters is how you understand a brief, review a plausible answer, direct an AI agent and explain your judgment.

What taking part involves

• Open to developers aged 18 or over who live in the European Union, the EEA, the United Kingdom or the United States
• Anonymous: no account, no name, no email address and nothing else that identifies you
• One online sitting of at most 75 minutes, from your own computer, at a time that suits you
• Short, realistic problems from everyday development work: unclear briefs, code reviews, estimates, working with an AI agent, reporting progress
• AI tools allowed, as at work; no code to write
• No camera, no recording and no proctoring
• In English; the code you review is in a language you choose
• No CV and no work history: your result depends only on your answers
• Unpaid: in return you see your own results explained and help check that a new way of assessing developers is fair

What you get

• An explanation of your results at the end of the sitting, problem by problem: what you did well, what you missed and why it was scored as it was. It is shown once and kept with nothing that identifies you, so save or print it if you want it.
• A sitting that treats you as a professional: realistic problems, AI tools allowed, no trivia, no whiteboard and no one watching you type.
• A say in the method: at the end you are asked what felt fair and what did not; your answers shape the problems before any employer uses them.

What the early sittings check

Before any employer relies on a score, it must be shown to be consistent and fair. The first sittings check whether results are reliable and whether independent readings of the open answers agree; later ones check whether any group of people is disadvantaged. Results from early sittings are used only to check and improve AbilityRating.

Questions developers ask

Q: Do I need to prepare?
A: No. The problems are about everyday development judgment, not syntax or algorithms.

Q: Which language will the code be in?
A: You choose from several mainstream languages before the sitting. The early sittings check that the choice does not change the difficulty.

Q: Can I use AI tools?
A: Yes, as at work. One problem asks you to direct an AI agent; what counts is your judgment about what to ask for and what to accept.

Q: Will an employer see this?
A: No. Results from early sittings are never shared with an employer and create no profile that follows you.

Q: Can I stop halfway?
A: Yes. You can close the sitting at any time; an unfinished sitting is not used. At the end you get a code that deletes your answers if you change your mind within 7 days; after that they cannot be traced to anyone.

Q: Can I take it more than once?
A: Please don’t. Each sitting counts as a different person, so a second one would distort the results the early sittings exist to check.

Q: How are the open answers scored?
A: AI models read each answer against a scoring guide written for its problem; a person reviews every case where the readings disagree. You see the reasons for every score.

Q: What if I disagree with my result?
A: Write to us within 7 days with the code shown at the end. A person reviews it; before launch that is exactly the feedback we need.

Q: What do I need?
A: A computer with a current browser and a stable internet connection.

Your data

We do not ask for your name, your email address, a CV, a LinkedIn profile or the name of your employer, and you do not create an account. The sitting stores your answers and how long each step took, under a random code that is linked to nothing else. Questions about your background for the fairness analysis come only after the assessment; they are voluntary and anonymous like your answers. If an open answer mentions a name, an employer or anything else that could identify someone, we remove it before the answers are analysed. The notice shown at the start of the sitting explains the rest; the privacy page covers this website.

How to take part

The sittings open in the first months of 2027. The link will be on this page: there is nothing to sign up for and nothing to wait for by email.