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Article History

Received: 25 August 2025

Accepted: 27 May 2026

First Online: 20 June 2026

Declarations

Conflict of Interest: The authors declared that they have no conflict of interest.

Ethical Approval: Our study follows the core principles outlined in the ACM SIGSOFT empirical standard “Ethics (Studies with Human Participants)” (ACM SIGSOFT, 2024a). No risks of harm to participants were foreseen. The activity for evaluating our proposed tool required an estimated commitment of 30 minutes, comparable in scope and duration to programming assessments commonly applied in recruitment processes.

Informed consent: The participants were informed about the research project and received all necessary details to ensure their understanding before giving their consent. They were informed that participation is entirely voluntary and that they may withdraw from the study at any time without providing a reason, as long as this occurs before the first scientific output is submitted for publication. It was explained that participation involves participating in an interview, during which data, such as role and experience, will be collected. Participants were informed about how data would be processed and that recordings would be deleted as soon as the transcripts were generated. In addition, participants were asked for specific consents: Agreement for the anonymized transcript of the interview to be deposited in an open repository (such as Zenodo) so it can be reused for future research and learning purposes. Agreement to be contacted for future studies.

Clinical Trial Number: Clinical trial number: not applicable.