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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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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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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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