Candidate Rights

Before you start an assessment, Quala will tell you exactly what the sandbox captures: your prompts to AI tools, the AI's responses, your code edits, your test runs, your terminal output, and timing. There are no hidden microphones, cameras, or keystroke loggers.

You can decline the assessment without giving us a reason. If you start an assessment and change your mind, you can stop at any time — partial sessions are not scored or shared with the inviting company unless you choose to submit them.

You can request a copy of every prompt, edit, and test run we captured during your session, plus the resulting candidate report, by emailing privacy@quala.dev from the same address the invite was sent to. We respond within 30 days.

You can ask us to delete your assessment session and any derived report at any time. We will confirm deletion within 30 days. The inviting company keeps any copy of the report they had already downloaded, but we will tell you which companies received a copy so you can request deletion from them as well.

Quala scores are produced from a documented rubric that focuses on how you work — prompt clarity, verification, debugging, code quality — not on demographic factors. Companies are instructed never to use Quala scores as the sole basis for a hiring decision.

• Our scoring models are audited annually for adverse impact against protected classes (race, gender, age, disability, national origin) using EEOC-aligned methodology.
• Tasks are work-sample exercises drawn from real engineering problems — not abstract puzzles known to favor particular backgrounds.
• AI tools are explicitly allowed; we measure how well you use them, not whether you avoid them.

If you believe your score is incorrect, you can request a human review. Email appeals@quala.dev with your candidate report ID. A senior engineer who did not score the session will review the rubric application and respond within 10 business days.

The sandbox is keyboard-navigable and screen-reader compatible. If you need an accommodation (extra time, an alternative task format, assistive-tech support), tell the inviting company or email accessibility@quala.dev and we will arrange it confidentially.

For details on how we store and protect your data, see our Privacy Policy and Security page.

Anything not covered here? Email candidates@quala.dev. We will respond personally, not with a template.