Providing an on-line software technical interview platform for live collaborative coding interviews to assess coding skills real time; providing an on-line platform for software programmers to improve coding skills with game based assessment tests and problem solving based assessment tests; providing an on-line platform for technical assessment of coding skills; providing a platform for software programmers to improve coding skills with game based assessment tests and problem solving based assessment tests; application service provider featuring application programming interface (API) software that enables candidates for computer engineering and information technology positions to write, modify, compile and run computer programs that both the candidates and the interviewers can see in real time during a session, and stores the sessions on a server for future reference; application service provider featuring a collection of APIs for integration to other adjacent platforms, such as an applicant tracking system; providing a web site featuring temporary use of non-downloadable software that enables candidates for computer engineering and information technology positions to write, modify, compile and run computer programs that both the candidates and the interviewers can see in real time during a session, and stores the sessions on a server for future reference