Abstraction · Alignment · Iterative Review

Hire for judgment, not memory

Finally see how candidates think, not just what they can generate.

VS Code
MasterIt VS Code Extension
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.md
canvas.md Design
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Claude Code
Build with Claude Code / AI
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Best
Hire
Critical Thinkers & Problem Solvers
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How It Works

Three phases.
One complete picture.

01 — Design VS Code
Think before you build

Candidate installs our VS Code extension, opens canvas.md and defines scope, guardrails, and entities. We track every tradeoff and decision made.

⟶ Measures judgment
02 — Execute Claude Code
Build with AI

Candidates build using Claude Code or any AI in their natural environment. We watch how they use it — not just the output. Continuous nudges surface understanding in real time.

⟶ Measures ownership
03 — Report Report
The full narrative

Hiring managers see a real-time dashboard and a complete report — not a pass/fail score. A story of how they designed, executed, and communicated.

⟶ Measures communication
Why MasterIt.AI

LeetCode was built
for a different era.

The Old Way
MasterIt.AI
Memorize under pressure
Candidates solve contrived puzzles in a foreign browser tab, timed, watched, stressed.
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Build something real
Candidates tackle actual engineering problems in their own IDE — where they do their best work.
AI use is cheating
Legacy platforms block Copilot and Claude. They're testing a skill set that no longer exists in production.
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AI use is the signal
We expect candidates to use Copilot or Claude. How they direct, evaluate, and own the output is exactly what we measure.
Pass / fail score
A number with no context. Did they Google it? Did they understand it? Did they just get lucky? You'll never know.
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A full narrative
Every design decision, tradeoff, and clarification — captured. You see how they think, not just what they submitted.

Hire for judgment,
not memory.

Not just for engineers. MasterIt.AI adapts to any role — Program Managers, Forward Deployed Engineers, Solutions Architects, and more. We adjust the scoring weights to reflect what actually matters for each position.

3×
Signal over noise
See thinking, communication, and judgment — not just whether the code runs.
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New tools to learn
Candidates work in VS Code — their environment, their flow, their best self.
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Adaptive scoring
Score weights auto-adjust per role — a PM is judged on communication and tradeoffs, an FDE on adaptability and technical depth.
Assessment Report ×
Generated
5 May 2026
Scores
Judgment
55
Execution
60
Communication
40

The candidate demonstrates a basic understanding of role-based access control and implements simple FastAPI decorators for authentication. However, their answers to architectural and security questions are superficial, and there is little evidence of thoughtful trade-off analysis or forward-looking design.

Summary

Candidate scored 55/100 on judgment, 60/100 on execution, 40/100 on communication.

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Give your next hire the environment to show their best thinking — not their best memorization.

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