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CSPA

The Computer Science Proficiency Assessment (CSPA™) is a…

Y CombinatorSummer 2018AcquiredB2BRecruiting and TalentEducationRecruiting

What they do

Problem

Employers and schools struggle to objectively assess and compare software engineering proficiency for hiring and admissions decisions.

Solution

CSPA provides a standardized software engineering exam with proctoring and autograding plus a SaaS platform for employers to access candidate results.

Who it's for

Software engineers take the assessment, and employers and schools use the results to evaluate candidates.

Founders

James Lin
Founder

James was the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Crunchyroll, managing the startups' software engineers, designers, and product managers. Crunchyroll was acquired by Sony for $1.2B and has over 10 million paying subscribers. James also started CSPA (YC S18), an ed-tech company, which is now owned by AngelList Talent (Wellfound). He currently serves as its Head of Candidate Data. YC Badge: 0x1fc629e6cb8dc52e903b3004f3fbdbfb752ab1a1

Angel Poon
Founder

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