HackerRank

Online Coding Tests and Technical Interviews

by HackerRank · Talent Acquisition & Recruiting

Executive Summary

HackerRank helps employers screen and interview software developers. Screen offers role-based assessments and real-world coding questions with proctoring and plagiarism detection, Interview provides a live pair-programming environment with an AI assistant, and Chakra is an agentic interviewer that evaluates how candidates work with AI. The platform connects to applicant tracking systems such as Greenhouse, Lever and iCIMS, and exposes a REST API and an MCP server. Its trust centre lists SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR compliance.

Use Cases

  • Screen developers with coding assessments
  • Run live pair-programming interviews
  • Conduct first-round interviews with an AI interviewer
  • Detect plagiarism and AI misuse in tests
  • Evaluate how candidates work with AI

Features

Visibility

  • Explainable scoring: Every score follows a clear rubric, links back to evidence and is regularly audited for bias across race, ethnicity and gender.
  • MCP data access: HackerRank MCP lets approved AI clients retrieve assessment, candidate, interview, team, and audit information from HackerRank.

Intelligence

  • Chakra agentic interviewer: An agentic interviewer that spins up a canvas with a real-world problem, observes how candidates work and evaluates judgment, critical thinking & AI fluency.
  • ML plagiarism detection: Access more accurate plagiarism detection with our ML-based model that gets smarter over time.
  • Scorecard Assist: Scorecard Assist auto-fills your interview rubric using transcripts, code, and test cases, so interviewers spend their time interviewing, not writing notes.

Support

  • ATS integrations: Integrate with your preferred solutions so you can engage, hire, and upskill the tech talent you need to innovate.
  • REST API: The HackerRank for Work API is organized around REST . Our API has predictable, resource-oriented URLs, and uses HTTP response codes to indicate API errors.
  • Certified Assessments: Skip the hassle of building tests from scratch and use a role-based Certified Assessment or upload a job description and have the system instantly create a unique test for you.

Technical Specifications

Deployment
SaaS
Authentication
HTTP Basic Authentication (API key), Bearer token (API key)
API Available
Yes
MCP Server
Yes

Integrations

  • Ashby
  • Avature
  • BrassRing
  • BreezyHR
  • Darwinbox
  • Freshteam
  • Greenhouse
  • iCIMS
  • JazzHR
  • Jobvite
  • Kula
  • Lever

Security & Compliance

Certifications: SOC 2, ISO 27001:2022, CSA STAR

Encryption: Encryption at rest (listed among data security controls on the trust center)

Pricing

Free Trial
Yes

About HackerRank

HackerRank sells technical skills assessment and interview software that employers use to screen and interview developers, and also runs a large developer practice community. It began as InterviewStreet and has raised several venture rounds.

Founded: 2011

Verified sources

Each of these facts was checked against the vendor page linked (2026-11-05).

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