HackerRank

Owned by Angelina Playter (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Jan 21, 2019 by Jakub Mormul (Unlicensed)
3 min read

This tool has solely been researched by the WilsonHCG Innovation team.

Summary


HackerRank is a technology hiring platform that is the standard for assessing developer skills for over 1,000 companies around the world. By enabling tech recruiters and hiring managers to objectively evaluate talent at every stage of the recruiting process, HackerRank helps companies hire skilled developers and innovate faster.


Product Summary


Discover the Right Candidates Quickly

Assess the technical skills of everyone—from early talent, experienced, and contingent—with pre-built or custom challenges to screen in the best candidates.


Improve Recruiting Efficiency

Automate code reviews, view results instantly, and advance only quality candidates, so your technical hiring teams spend time with the right people.


Build Great Engineering Teams

Evaluate developers with a scalable and standardized hiring process that evens out the playing field, eliminating bias and promoting diversity.


Grow Your Tech Talent Brand

Give candidates a stellar interview experience through relevant code challenges and providing HackerRank’s best-in-class coding environment that developers worldwide already trust to build their skills.


Additional Resources

Case Studies:

Technology Demo Notes

12.18.2017 Call Notes

HackerRank Audience

  • Stephanie Cherrill- EMEA team, based in London
  • Robert Dim - US, sales team
  • Mike - VP of Sales
  • Andrew Bare - US
  • Rep in EMEA : Kevin Russell (not in attendence)

Process:

  • Select role from a pre-populated list
  • Enter work experience
  • Add link to the job description
  • Options:
    • Pre-defined test
    • Build your own test
    • Build your own questions
  • Questions populate (MC or coding questions)

Reporting:

  • Insights - Analytics on a specific test or question
  • Graphics & tables

How are results calculated on custom created questions?

  • If questions are created manually, you need to complete the following:
    • Define problem statement (question)
    • Languages (select from list)
    • Test Cases (determine scoring; tests code against a certain output)

Recruitment Perspective:

  • View completed tests inclusive of score stack ranked
  • View reports
    • Summary & Recruiter/team comments
    • Detailed: Shows code in a video playback through changes
    • Timeline: how did they allocate time in test on a gantt chart

HR Recommendation - Include on postings, in replacements of screens

Pricing Model:

  • Dependent on use-case
  • Pilot opportunity on large scale teams

Strengths

Clean, easy-to-use interface

Ability to create custom questions/tests

Playback of coding challenges

Opportunities

Not cost effective for small teams/companies