Case Study: Finastra cuts time-to-hire 28% and halves engineering interview time with Codility

How Finastra Transitioned Into A Remote-first Recruitment Process

Finastra, a global fintech with more than 10,000 employees, was receiving over 50,000 annual applications for Product & Technology roles while operating a 15-person screening team. Faced with the need to shift to a remote-first recruitment model during COVID-19, they sought to decrease time-to-offer, improve hiring quality and diversity, and deliver a strong virtual candidate experience — leading them to partner with Codility and adopt its CodeCheck and CodeLive assessment tools.

Codility ran a pilot and scaled a standardized, data-driven process using CodeCheck and CodeLive, flexible scheduling, and a streamlined interview flow that reduced manual testing and interviewer burden. As a result Finastra cut time-to-hire by 28% in six months, reduced engineering time in hiring by 50%, increased female tech hires by about 10% (to ~37–40%), reviewed 3,500+ resumes and tested 1,000+ campus applicants, and hired roughly 100 interns — improvements credited to Codility’s solution.

Finastra

Sabina (Sadoveanu) Frincu

Director, Global Talent Acquisition