#1 most frequent
United States of America
60.3%334 installations of 554
What is HackerRank?
HackerRank is a technology hiring platform from the company of the same name headquartered in Mountain View, for assessing developer skills for over 2500 companies around the world. HackerRank helps companies hire skilled developers and innovate faster by enabling tech recruiters and hiring managers to objectively evaluate talent at every stage of the recruiting process.
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Who Buys & Uses HackerRank
#2 most frequent
India
14.8%82 installations of 554
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
4.0%22 installations of 554
Very good platform for practice coding and for hiring talent
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Hackerrank is an excellent platform for coding practice. And the platform also provides the facility to hire people using coding challenges. So the platform is used to arrange coding challenges for people who want to join the organization, It's used to screen people in the first round of the hiring process.
Pros
- Providing wide rages of coding problems
- Great interface
- IDE to execute code in many programming languages
Cons
- The can provide project based challenges
- detailed performance feedback to users
- Interactive mock interviews
Most Important Features
- Organizations can create customized coding challenges
- Skill Assessment and Hiring Tools
- Remote Hiring
Return on Investment
- Improved Technical Hiring Efficiency
- Reduced Onboarding Time
Other Software Used
AWS Lambda, Google Authenticator, Figma
A good place to start
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It helps in learning new concepts as well as provides a good motivation to do so by making it more like a challenge. They are also industry recognized and hence help give credibility to the users that use the website. They also have interview helping tools which are not very common.
Pros
- Helps learn from basics
- Makes it competitive
- Provides certificates
Cons
- Increase the content
- Introduce a job portal
- Have live classes
Most Important Features
- Basics
- Popular coding languages
- Competitions help know where you stand
Return on Investment
- Made it easier to learn new languages
- Certifications can be put in a resume
- Made it easier to teach others
Alternatives Considered
HackerOne and LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
Other Software Used
HackerOne, LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com), Practice Labs
HackerRank from a software engineering interns view
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
- Easy to Understand
- Code Autocomplete
- Customizable
Cons
- 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
Alternatives Considered
CodeSignal
Other Software Used
CodeSignal, Docker, Flutter, by Google
"Shortlisting candidates is now super-easy"
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
"Hackerrank is a Wonderful Platform, We have been using it for over 2 Years. We regularly use it at Google to host our Hiring Contests. The Detailed Analytics received after the Test helps us a lot to shortlist candidates for further stages. In addition, there are multiple options to Host a Test for various technical skills across different Tech Stacks."
Pros
- The Detailed Analytics received after the Test helps us a lot to shortlist candidates for further stages.
- There are multiple options to Host a Test for various technical skills across different Tech Stacks.
- Shortlist Candidates based upon its AI Recommendation.
Cons
- More Pool of Questions to select from.
- More End to End Project Assignments.
- Insights on Time Taken By Candidates.
Most Important Features
- Detailed Analytics received after the Test helps us a lot to shortlist candidates for further stages.
- There are multiple options to Host a Test for various technical skills across different Tech Stacks.
- Shortlist Candidates based upon its AI Recommendation.
Return on Investment
- 63% Improvement over streamlined Hiring.
- More Suitable Candidates.
- Shortlisting time saved by over 57%.
Alternatives Considered
CodeSignal
Other Software Used
CodeSignal, HackerEarth Assessments, Codility
HackerRank review by a developer
Pros
- Practicing programming using programming language of your choice
- Competitive programming with ranking, weekly/monthly challenges
- Certificates to prove & verify using practical problem solving skills of a developer
Cons
- Some problems are very difficult to understand, more explanation or mathematical tips should be provided
- Doesn't provide training for all programming languages, like C#
- Certifications currently lack functionality of reattempting exam
Most Important Features
- Programming languages support
- Practicing to code
- Getting certifications
Return on Investment
- Na
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Alternatives Considered
HackerEarth Assessments
Other Software Used
Visual Studio IDE, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Microsoft Azure
