For candidates

One simulation.
A profile that travels.

Complete AI-powered software engineering simulations to develop your architectural thinking and build a persistent Judgment Profile that showcases your engineering judgment. Share it with any employer. Own it for your entire career.

See how it works
One free simulation · Additional runs aren't available for purchase yet · No credit card required
HOW IT WORKS

Build your record of judgment

Traditional tests measure what you can memorize. Secondframe uses AI-powered software engineering simulations to measure engineering judgment and develop your architectural thinking under complex, high-pressure conditions.

Simulate scenarios

Take real-world simulations inside a realistic chat environment: architectural trade-offs, incident response, leadership decisions. Respond to simulated actors under genuine pressure.

Get your Judgment Profile

Get actionable insights into your technical decision-making and reasoning. The profile provides a structured view of your judgment across technical decisions, trade-offs, communication, prioritization, and reasoning.

Share your profile

Get a persistent, verified public link (secondframe.co/u/username) showing your scores, improvement trajectory, and domain badges. Yours forever.

JUDGMENT PROFILE

Not a quiz. A dynamic judgment profile.

Your Judgment Profile provides a structured view of your judgment across technical decisions, trade-offs, communication, prioritization, and reasoning, tested through realistic AI-powered software engineering simulations. A recency-weighted algorithm represents a compound, rolling history of your engineering judgment, visible to anyone you share it with.

  • Frame InterrogationDo you identify the right problem before jumping to solutions?
  • Assumption SurfacingDo you surface and challenge hidden assumptions?
  • Consequence TracingDo you think through second-order effects?
  • Constraint IntegrationDo you make good decisions within real limits?
  • Communication CalibrationDo you keep the right people informed, at the right level?
Engineering judgment dimensionsScores from 0 to 100, with optional benchmark comparisons.FIASCTCICC
Your Profile
Engineering judgment dimensions: data table
DimensionYour Profile
FI85
AS72
CT90
CI68
CC88
DATA PRIVACY

Granular data ownership

You own your judgment record. We maintain clean separation between candidate-owned and company-paid results, always.

Public View

  • Judgment Profile (5-dimension rolling scores)
  • Earned domain badges (e.g. Incident Response Proficient)
  • Profile details & username
Verifiable Profile

Your Private View

  • Full assessment history and completed dates
  • Hiring company details & attribution
  • Overall score trajectories and confidence ratings
Full History

Assessing Company

  • Raw simulation chat transcript
  • Hiring manager's executive summary
  • Dimension benchmarks vs company average
Employer Context
PRICING

One free self-initiated simulation

Get your baseline Judgment Profile completely on us. Company-invited assessments are always free and automatically enrich your portable profile.

One free run per candidate. Additional runs aren't available for purchase yet.
$19/ subsequent simulation (coming soon)
Get started

Start building your judgment record.

Build a verified record of your technical decision-making and execution, with a profile that travels with you.

No credit card required. Your baseline assessment is free.