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CSPA

Summer 2018 · Acquired

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

Location: San Francisco, US

Founded: 2017

Team size: 6

About

The Computer Science Proficiency Assessment (CSPA™) is a comprehensive standardized exam for software engineers. The CSPA assesses your technical knowledge, skills, and abilities across a broad array of topics. We write the CSPA exam questions, software engineers take the test, and we share the results with employers and schools. MARKETING & SALES: We actively find software engineers to take our test, whether direct or through partnerships. On the other side, we actively partner with employers looking to hire. PRODUCT: We build the exam content manage system, a proctoring framework, and autograding system, as well as a SaaS employer product to browse the candidate database.

Founders

  • James LinFounder

    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 PoonFounder