Item: HackerRank
Rating: 9
Author: Ryan Daly

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

HackerRank is used by my organization to conduct coding tests in order to screen candidates before offering them an interview.

Pros and Cons

Easy to Understand
Code Autocomplete
Customizable

Sometimes gives away the name of the problem before starting the exam

Most Important Features

Easy to use and understand by candidates
Can choose what questions to test candidates with
Easy straightforward scoring method

Return on Investment

Has increased our ability to consider more candidates as we can send many potential candidates a first round HackerRank before moving on to interviews

HackerRank is used by many other similar organizations so our targeted candidates are more familiar with the HackerRank interface. CodeSignal is nice because candidates can take one test and send it to many different companies. However, this means that individual companies have less control over the specific types of questions being asked to candidates.

Key Insights

Do you think HackerRank delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with HackerRank's feature set?

Yes

Did HackerRank live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of HackerRank go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy HackerRank again?

Yes

Other Software Used

CodeSignal, Docker, Flutter, by Google

Likelihood to Recommend

I think HackerRank is very good for companies who have many candidates applying for specific coding related roles and they do not have time to interview all of them for the positions. It is a quick and easy way to screen out candidates before moving on to interviews. In situations where there are less qualified candidates for a role, or if the role is more specialized, it may be better to use another method than HackerRank.

HackerRank from a software engineering interns view

Overall Satisfaction with HackerRank