HackerRank Developer Skills Platform Reviews & Product Details

I like that HackerRank provides a fair, real-world assessment of coding skills through practical challenges. It’s reliable, easy to use, and gives clear insights that help make confident hiring decisions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The biggest downside is lower test completion for senior candidates, who often feel the assessments are not aligned to real-world tasks. Customizing assessments and reviewing detailed reports can also be a bit tedious. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really love what a seamless experience it is for candidates and our recruiting team. Allowing a scalable approach for hiring. I also love how easy it is to implement, the team is super helpful and responsive in getting things set up and monitoring to ensure great quality. The new feature implementations allow candidates to have a more supported experience throughout their assessment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The integration between a new HR test and our Workday profile could be a bit easier, we need to log a ticket through ES Ops still which takes a few days and sometimes we need to move a lot faster than that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wide range of skillset covered from basic level to expert level complexity.

User friendly platform.

Accessibility of detailed test reports.

Option to customization.

Effective and AI driven monitoring.

Suggested duration for the questions based on industry standards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Coding standards to be followed while taking the test, not every candidate would expose to it.

Customer support to be enhanced to the users of developer skills platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have been using HackerRank since 2019 when I was with Expedia from last 6 years. And use it daily in my current role. It has proven to be a great platform for assessing coding skills and conducting effective screening during our hiring process. The best thing is you can see time spent on each question, it flags any activity like copy paste, off screen time etc which is really helpful to evaluate candidates fairly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Honestly, I haven’t encountered any major issues with the platform. It has consistently met our needs for coding skill assessment and screening. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We currently leverage HR for our high-volume recruiting, efficiently identifying and evaluating candidates across diverse skill sets. This system's strength lies in its user-friendly interface and the ability to customize questions with weighted scores, allowing us to precisely align assessments with specific role requirements. Its simple implementation and seamless daily usage further enhance its effectiveness. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No detected controls within platform to identify the following:

Sophistication of AI Models: Newer AI models are trained on vast amounts of human-generated text and can produce content that is highly coherent, grammatically flawless, contextually relevant, and even adapt to different styles and tones.

"Humanization" Techniques: Users can intentionally "humanize" AI-generated text by making minor edits, adding personal anecdotes, or using specific tools designed to bypass detectors.

False Positives: Current AI detection tools often struggle with accuracy, leading to "false positives" where human-written text is mistakenly flagged as AI-generated. This is especially problematic for non-native English speakers whose writing might exhibit patterns that AI detectors misinterpret. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best about the HackerRank Developer Skills Platform is its hands-on, practical approach to skill assessment and learning. It allows me to tackle real-world coding challenges, strengthen problem-solving abilities, and benchmark my skills against a global community of developers. I also appreciate the structured feedback and variety of topics, which make it easier to identify strengths and areas for growth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One thing I find a bit challenging about the HackerRank Developer Skills Platform is that sometimes the test environment can feel slightly rigid compared to real-world coding scenarios. For example, certain problems may have very strict input/output formats or constraints that don’t fully reflect how I would approach a solution in a live project. That said, I understand this structure helps standardize assessments and evaluate skills consistently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The programming assessment was incredibly useful in identifying the right talent. The features that detect plagiarism were particularly helpful in ensuring the integrity of the candidates' work. We always double-check these results before making any hiring decisions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Need to cross check on the Plagiarism is right or wrong by connecting with the candidates and review panels Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has helped to identify proper candidates by eliminating voice or programming. previously candidates used to talk more and do less and after hiring we understood its wrong fit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

if Hackerank can also focus on more on non technical skills like Project Managers, Product Owners, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

HankerRanks wide variety of products, skills, assessments and customizability has truly transformed the way we assess our engineer candidates for the better. Their attention to detail and security allows a level of faith in the product that is unmatched and so helpful in the day and age of AI.

This year we started getting an influx of AI generated candidates (fake resumes, stolen identities, utilizing AI to hide true identity). Hackerrank has been an instrumental tool in helping us safeguard our company against these frauds. The frequency of updates and releases truly helps our company stay ahead of security threats.

The platform is extremely easy to use and navigate. We utilize HackerRank in some way for every position we have and we are now looking to use it for continuing education for our current employees. Implementation and integration with our products was a breeze. And on top of all that, their customer service is unmatched! Our account manager Rachael is genuinely one of the best customer reps I have ever worked with. As a company we assessed multiple platforms for developer skills assessment and HackerRank is leaps and bounds above the rest. You will not regret using HackerRank. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I genuinely have no criticisms of HackerRank. The speed in which they respond to issues and update the platform accordingly allows for a continued positive experience for their clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

HackerRank is equipped with all the features you'd need for the interview and works very reliably. That is the thing I like the most about HackerRank.

The layout, code highlighting, support for programming languages to choose from, the execution engine, everything has always worked well.

Follow mode and pair-programming works well as well and I've had fun using it. I can jump into the interviewee's code and work alongside them, which is super nice.

Mentioned before, but I'd like to highlight that the platform has everything that an interviewer would expect. A questions library, different logins for interviewers and interviewee, lobby and interviewer controls, coding tool, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The UI has a bit of a learning curve attached to it. But if you use it for a couple of times, it becomes easy to use. Specifically the consequence of an action is not clear enough is what i felt. For example, when i click on the 'Use' button on a question from the question bank, what exactly happens? does the interview start? But again, these are not prevailing issues, get addressed once you use the platform enough.

One other issue is that the UI seems a bit busy, but cannot complain about it since that is what gives the sense of the platform being powerful. If there was a way to present everything in a more "aerated" way, it would be cool, but not a dealbreaker if not. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.