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Quiz Challenge

Overview​

Quiz Challenges (formerly MCQ Challenges) allow you to bundle specific questions from your Quiz Bank into a structured evaluation format. These challenges are highly versatile and can be used for broad skill screening or deep domain-knowledge testing.

In addition to traditional Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), quizzes now support Short Answer and Comprehension question types, providing a more comprehensive evaluation of candidate knowledge.

Configuration Process​

Creating a Quiz challenge involves a four-step guided workflow:

Step 1: Define Purpose​

Determine the primary objective of the challenge:

  • Hiring Purpose: Used in Assessments and Contests to evaluate external candidates.
  • Learning Purpose: Used in Courses for internal employee upskilling and knowledge validation.

Select Purpose

Step 2: Basic Details​

Provide the core metadata and session constraints:

  • Name and Description: These details are visible to candidates during the assessment.
  • Difficulty and Duration: Set the expected complexity level and the total time allowed for the challenge.
  • Tags: Assign appropriate tags for easy categorization in the library.
  • Penalty (Optional): Configure negative marking rules for incorrect answers to discourage guessing.

Quiz Basic Details

Step 3: Skill Set Configuration​

Define the content of your challenge by aggregating questions from various technical domains. You can build robust Skill Sets by combining resources from multiple sources:

  1. Select Skills: Choose relevant topics from the CoderScout Library or your organization's custom My Library. You can add multiple skills to a single skill set (e.g., combining "Java" and "Python"). Candidates can only choose one skill from the skill set to answer.
  2. Define Distribution: For each selected skill, specify the exact number of questions to include based on difficulty tiers and question types:
    • MCQ: Traditional multiple-choice format.
    • Short Answer: Candidates provide a concise text-based response.
    • Comprehension: Evaluation based on a provided passage or context.
    • Difficulty Tiers: Easy, Medium, and Hard.

Adding Skill Details

Skill Summary​

Once configured, the system provides a bird's-eye view of all selected skill sets, allowing you to review the total question count and difficulty balance before finalizing.

Overall Skillsets

Step 4: Review and Finalize​

The final step provides questions based on the skillsets configured. If you don't like any particular questions, you can swap them with other available questions.

Review and Save