Case Study: Dolby Laboratories achieves faster, fairer engineering hires with Codility

How A Technology Leader Recruits Top Talent Dolby's Evolved Hiring Process

Dolby Laboratories, a leader in audio and visual technology, faced a recruiting bottleneck: a large, diverse applicant pool and a time‑consuming live coding interview process that made it hard to efficiently and fairly assess engineering hard skills. To streamline screening and better align candidate evaluation with real work, Dolby evaluated and adopted Codility’s online coding tests (including CodeCheck assessments).

Dolby integrated Codility into its funnel alongside phone screens, refined test timing and workflows, and used Codility’s data‑driven results to reduce bias and spotlight skilled candidates who lacked standout resumes. According to Dolby, Codility saved engineering time, improved high‑volume and entry‑level filtering, and provided a more accurate representation of coding ability — helping the team focus onsite interviews on systems thinking and fit. Codility enabled faster, fairer hiring and uncovered qualified talent that might otherwise have been overlooked.

Dolby Laboratories

Stephen Byrne

Recruiting Manager