Most of our coding tests are created to be 'language agnostic' - meaning that they can be completed using many different languages and frameworks. Candidates can either get the option to work using whichever language they feel most comfortable in - or you can request them to work using a specific set.

You can also customise challenges to limit the options, or have a specific set up pre-configured. In this article, you'll learn how.

First, go to the coding test library in your Alva account and find the challenge that you want to customize. Click on the challenge, and choose Duplicate. This will allow you to create a custom version for your own organization, that only you can edit.

When you've duplicated the challenge, you can click the Github link to open the related repository. This repository serves as a template and any candidates that get invited to take the test will receive an identical version of this template.

Click on Actions in the top panel, followed by Setup boilerplate in the left hand pane.

From this menu, you can input which supported boilerplate that you wish to import. The full list of currently available boilerplates can be found here. Choose one from the list and copy the name of it, for example backend-boilerplate-kotlin-springboot.

Complete the form as such:

Now that you've imported the boilerplate, don't forget to adjust the accompanying instructions in the README file, so that it is clear for the candidate how to tackle the task. Generally, removing the section titled Import a boilerplate project and adding some notes into the introductory section will be sufficient.

Follow this guide for instructions on how to edit the README file!

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