Why You Should Use This C++ Assessment Test

The C++ Online test helps recruiters and hiring managers identify qualified candidates from a pool of resumes, and helps in taking objective hiring decisions. It reduces the administrative overhead of interviewing too many candidates and saves expensive engineering time by filtering out unqualified candidates. The test screens candidates for the following skills: C++ fundamentals (variables, branching and looping, functions, reference parameters, arrays, strings, vectors) i/o operation on files and i/o streams Memory management, including pointers, references, move & copy constructors OOPs concepts (Classes, operator overloading, composition, inheritance, polymorphism, templates, concurrency, etc.) Implementation of common data structures and algorithms Efficient usage of in-built functions and pointers Standard template library classes (Vectors, Sets, Queues) Library Utilities - tuples, pairs, date & time Exceptions handling

C++ Online Test

About the test:

The C++ Online Test uses scenario-based and code tracing MCQ questions to evaluate a candidate's ability to write C++ programs (data types, functions, data structures, STL), structure the code using Object-oriented programming principles (classes, inheritance, polymorphism, overloading), handle exceptions and manage memory. The test uses coding questions to evaluate hands-on C++ coding skills.

Covered skills:

C++ basics (Data Types; Variables; Operators)
modules and data structures
Using existing classes and creating new classes
Memory model and memory management
Functions and Class templates
Catching errors and handling exceptions

Functions
Pointers and references
OOPS (Inheritance; Polymorphism; Overloading)
STL (arrays; vectors; maps; sets)
Reading and writing to files
Concurrency features

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9 reasons why

Adaface C++ Online Test is the most accurate way to shortlist C++ Developers

Reason #1

Tests for on-the-job skills

The C++ Online test helps recruiters and hiring managers identify qualified candidates from a pool of resumes, and helps in taking objective hiring decisions. It reduces the administrative overhead of interviewing too many candidates and saves expensive engineering time by filtering out unqualified candidates.

The test screens candidates for the following skills:

C++ fundamentals (variables, branching and looping, functions, reference parameters, arrays, strings, vectors)
i/o operation on files and i/o streams
Memory management, including pointers, references, move & copy constructors
OOPs concepts (Classes, operator overloading, composition, inheritance, polymorphism, templates, concurrency, etc.)
Implementation of common data structures and algorithms
Efficient usage of in-built functions and pointers
Standard template library classes (Vectors, Sets, Queues)
Library Utilities - tuples, pairs, date & time
Exceptions handling

Reason #2

No trick questions

Traditional assessment tools use trick questions and puzzles for the screening, which creates a lot of frustration among candidates about having to go through irrelevant screening assessments.

The main reason we started Adaface is that traditional pre-employment assessment platforms are not a fair way for companies to evaluate candidates. At Adaface, our mission is to help companies find great candidates by assessing on-the-job skills required for a role.

Why we started Adaface ->

Reason #3

Non-googleable questions

We have a very high focus on the quality of questions that test for on-the-job skills. Every question is non-googleable and we have a very high bar for the level of subject matter experts we onboard to create these questions. We have crawlers to check if any of the questions are leaked online. If/ when a question gets leaked, we get an alert. We change the question for you & let you know.

These are just a small sample from our library of 10,000+ questions. The actual questions on this C++ Online Test will be non-googleable.

🧐 Question
Medium Overloading OOPs	Solve
What will the following C++ code output?
Medium Exceptions Exceptions	Solve
What will the following C++ code output?
Easy Namespaces	Solve
What will the following C++ code output?
Medium Struct Class	Solve
What will the following C++ code output?
Easy Registration Queue Logic Queues	Solve
We want to register students for the next semester. All students have a receipt which shows the amount pending for the previous semester. A positive amount (or zero) represents that the student has paid extra fees, and a negative amount represents that they have pending fees to be paid. The students are in a queue for the registration. We want to arrange the students in a way such that the students who have a positive amount on the receipt get registered first as compared to the students who have a negative amount. We are given a queue in the form of an array containing the pending amount. For example, if the initial queue is [20, 70, -40, 30, -10], then the final queue will be [20, 70, 30, -40, -10]. Note that the sequence of students should not be changed while arranging them unless required to meet the condition. ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note: - The first line of the input is the length of the array. The second line contains all the elements of the array. - The input is already parsed into an array of "strings" and passed to a function. You will need to convert string to integer/number type inside the function. - You need to "print" the final result (not return it) to pass the test cases. For the example discussed above, the input will be: 5 20 70 -40 30 -10 Your code needs to print the following to the standard output: 20 70 30 -40 -10
Medium Visitors Count Strings Logic	Solve
A manager hires a staff member to keep a record of the number of men, women, and children visiting the museum daily. The staff will note W if any women visit, M for men, and C for children. You need to write code that takes the string that represents the visits and prints the count of men, woman and children. The sequencing should be in decreasing order. Example: Input: WWMMWWCCC Expected Output: 4W3C2M Explanation: ‘W’ has the highest count, then ‘C’, then ‘M’. ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note: - The input is already parsed and passed to a function. - You need to "print" the final result (not return it) to pass the test cases. - If the input is- “MMW”, then the expected output is "2M1W" since there is no ‘C’. - If any of them have the same count, the output should follow this order - M, W, C.

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill
	Medium Overloading OOPs	2 mins C++	Solve
What will the following C++ code output?
	Medium Exceptions Exceptions	2 mins C++	Solve
What will the following C++ code output?
	Easy Namespaces	2 mins C++	Solve
What will the following C++ code output?
	Medium Struct Class	2 mins C++	Solve
What will the following C++ code output?
	Easy Registration Queue Logic Queues	30 mins Coding	Solve
We want to register students for the next semester. All students have a receipt which shows the amount pending for the previous semester. A positive amount (or zero) represents that the student has paid extra fees, and a negative amount represents that they have pending fees to be paid. The students are in a queue for the registration. We want to arrange the students in a way such that the students who have a positive amount on the receipt get registered first as compared to the students who have a negative amount. We are given a queue in the form of an array containing the pending amount. For example, if the initial queue is [20, 70, -40, 30, -10], then the final queue will be [20, 70, 30, -40, -10]. Note that the sequence of students should not be changed while arranging them unless required to meet the condition. ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note: - The first line of the input is the length of the array. The second line contains all the elements of the array. - The input is already parsed into an array of "strings" and passed to a function. You will need to convert string to integer/number type inside the function. - You need to "print" the final result (not return it) to pass the test cases. For the example discussed above, the input will be: 5 20 70 -40 30 -10 Your code needs to print the following to the standard output: 20 70 30 -40 -10
	Medium Visitors Count Strings Logic	30 mins Coding	Solve
A manager hires a staff member to keep a record of the number of men, women, and children visiting the museum daily. The staff will note W if any women visit, M for men, and C for children. You need to write code that takes the string that represents the visits and prints the count of men, woman and children. The sequencing should be in decreasing order. Example: Input: WWMMWWCCC Expected Output: 4W3C2M Explanation: ‘W’ has the highest count, then ‘C’, then ‘M’. ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note: - The input is already parsed and passed to a function. - You need to "print" the final result (not return it) to pass the test cases. - If the input is- “MMW”, then the expected output is "2M1W" since there is no ‘C’. - If any of them have the same count, the output should follow this order - M, W, C.

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill	💪 Difficulty	⌛ Time
	Overloading OOPs	C++	Medium	2 mins	Solve
What will the following C++ code output?
	Exceptions Exceptions	C++	Medium	2 mins	Solve
What will the following C++ code output?
	Namespaces	C++	Easy	2 mins	Solve
What will the following C++ code output?
	Struct Class	C++	Medium	2 mins	Solve
What will the following C++ code output?
	Registration Queue Logic Queues	Coding	Easy	30 mins	Solve
We want to register students for the next semester. All students have a receipt which shows the amount pending for the previous semester. A positive amount (or zero) represents that the student has paid extra fees, and a negative amount represents that they have pending fees to be paid. The students are in a queue for the registration. We want to arrange the students in a way such that the students who have a positive amount on the receipt get registered first as compared to the students who have a negative amount. We are given a queue in the form of an array containing the pending amount. For example, if the initial queue is [20, 70, -40, 30, -10], then the final queue will be [20, 70, 30, -40, -10]. Note that the sequence of students should not be changed while arranging them unless required to meet the condition. ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note: - The first line of the input is the length of the array. The second line contains all the elements of the array. - The input is already parsed into an array of "strings" and passed to a function. You will need to convert string to integer/number type inside the function. - You need to "print" the final result (not return it) to pass the test cases. For the example discussed above, the input will be: 5 20 70 -40 30 -10 Your code needs to print the following to the standard output: 20 70 30 -40 -10
	Visitors Count Strings Logic	Coding	Medium	30 mins	Solve
A manager hires a staff member to keep a record of the number of men, women, and children visiting the museum daily. The staff will note W if any women visit, M for men, and C for children. You need to write code that takes the string that represents the visits and prints the count of men, woman and children. The sequencing should be in decreasing order. Example: Input: WWMMWWCCC Expected Output: 4W3C2M Explanation: ‘W’ has the highest count, then ‘C’, then ‘M’. ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note: - The input is already parsed and passed to a function. - You need to "print" the final result (not return it) to pass the test cases. - If the input is- “MMW”, then the expected output is "2M1W" since there is no ‘C’. - If any of them have the same count, the output should follow this order - M, W, C.

Reason #4

1200+ customers in 75 countries

With Adaface, we were able to optimise our initial screening process by upwards of 75%, freeing up precious time for both hiring managers and our talent acquisition team alike!

Brandon Lee, Head of People, Love, Bonito

Reason #5

Designed for elimination, not selection

The most important thing while implementing the pre-employment C++ Online Test in your hiring process is that it is an elimination tool, not a selection tool. In other words: you want to use the test to eliminate the candidates who do poorly on the test, not to select the candidates who come out at the top. While they are super valuable, pre-employment tests do not paint the entire picture of a candidate’s abilities, knowledge, and motivations. Multiple easy questions are more predictive of a candidate's ability than fewer hard questions. Harder questions are often "trick" based questions, which do not provide any meaningful signal about the candidate's skillset.

Reason #6

1 click candidate invites

Email invites: You can send candidates an email invite to the C++ Online Test from your dashboard by entering their email address.

Public link: You can create a public link for each test that you can share with candidates.

API or integrations: You can invite candidates directly from your ATS by using our pre-built integrations with popular ATS systems or building a custom integration with your in-house ATS.

Reason #7

Detailed scorecards & benchmarks

Reason #8

High completion rate

Adaface tests are conversational, low-stress, and take just 25-40 mins to complete.

This is why Adaface has the highest test-completion rate (86%), which is more than 2x better than traditional assessments.

Reason #9

Advanced Proctoring

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How does the test differ for Senior C++ developers?

Our subject matter experts customize the test according to seniority in two ways:

The topics chosen for senior developers will be of higher level whereas for junior developers the topics will be around the core basics. This will ensure that the senior developers are tested on on-the-job skills that they are expected to have
Difficulty level of questions will be varied based on the seniority level. This way senior developers are vetted on in-depth usage of the core topics whereas junior developers are vetted on the knowledge of core topics

Here are a few topics assessed in Senior developer assessments:

C++ concurrency (threads, mutex, package_task, future, async, promise)
Lock based thread-safe implementation of data structures
Advanced STL (priority queues, multi maps, multisets etc)
Creating own function templates and class templates
Non-STL Algorithms
Memory management, including pointers, references, move & copy constructors
Avoiding memory leaks and using RAII strategy with unique pointers, shared pointers and weak pointers
Knowledge of interface segregation and dependency inversion
Functional Programming and inversion of control

What roles can I use the C++ Online Test for?

C++ Developer
C++ Software Engineer
Backend Developer
Senior Software Engineer (C++)
C++ Systems Engineer
Senior C++ Developer
Embedded C++ Developer
Quant Developer (C++)

What topics are covered in the C++ Online Test?

Identifiers

Keywords

Data Types

Variables

Operators

String manipulation

Namespaces

Object-oriented programming (OOP)

Classes and objects

Constructor, operator and function overloading

Inheritance

Polymorphism

Functions

Pointers

Smart Pointers

STL (Arrays, Vectors, Lists etc.)

Lambda expressions

IO Streams

File IO

Concurrent programming

Threads and pools

Mutex and Locks

Futures and Promises

Function templates

Errors and exception handling

Memory management

Utilities

Algorithms

Functional programming

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The hiring managers felt that through the technical questions that they asked during the panel interviews, they were able to tell which candidates had better scores, and differentiated with those who did not score as well. They are highly satisfied with the quality of candidates shortlisted with the Adaface screening.

85%

reduction in screening time

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C++ Online Test FAQs

Can I evaluate C++ and Embedded C in the same test?

Yes. You can review our standard Embedded C test to get a sense of how Embedded C is evaluated. The final assessment would have questions to evaluate Embedded C, C++ and Coding skills.

Can I combine multiple skills into one custom assessment?

Yes, absolutely. Custom assessments are set up based on your job description, and will include questions on all must-have skills you specify.

Do you have any anti-cheating or proctoring features in place?

We have the following anti-cheating features in place:

Non-googleable questions
IP proctoring
Web proctoring
Webcam proctoring
Plagiarism detection
Secure browser

Read more about the proctoring features.

How do I interpret test scores?

The primary thing to keep in mind is that an assessment is an elimination tool, not a selection tool. A skills assessment is optimized to help you eliminate candidates who are not technically qualified for the role, it is not optimized to help you find the best candidate for the role. So the ideal way to use an assessment is to decide a threshold score (typically 55%, we help you benchmark) and invite all candidates who score above the threshold for the next rounds of interview.

What experience level can I use this test for?

Each Adaface assessment is customized to your job description/ ideal candidate persona (our subject matter experts will pick the right questions for your assessment from our library of 10000+ questions). This assessment can be customized for any experience level.

Does every candidate get the same questions?

Yes, it makes it much easier for you to compare candidates. Options for MCQ questions and the order of questions are randomized. We have anti-cheating/ proctoring features in place. In our enterprise plan, we also have the option to create multiple versions of the same assessment with questions of similar difficulty levels.