HackerRank Developer Skills Platform Pros and Cons

HackerRank Developer Skills Platform Pros and Cons: Top 5 Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users find HackerRank Developer Skills Platform to be very easy to use, streamlining the hiring process effectively. (63 mentions)

Users appreciate the robust candidate management features that streamline assessments and enhance the interview process. (33 mentions)

Users appreciate the intuitive user interface of HackerRank, making it easy to tailor tests and analyze results. (32 mentions)

Users appreciate the comprehensive assessment process for technical skills, praising ease of configuration and reporting features. (26 mentions)

Users appreciate the solid and helpful customer support of HackerRank, enhancing their overall experience with the platform. (26 mentions)

Users highlight assessment issues with HackerRank, noting lack of analytics and discrepancies in candidate evaluations. (11 mentions)

Users face lack of clarity in plagiarism flag reviews, making the assessment process cumbersome and inefficient. (9 mentions)

Users find difficult navigation in HackerRank, facing challenges with test management and the interview setup workflow. (7 mentions)

Users express frustration over missing features like outdated problems, inadequate reporting, and limited candidate management options. (7 mentions)

Users find the subscription limitations frustrating, particularly regarding admin control and user management fluidity. (7 mentions)

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Sunil Kumar K.

Fullstack engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/26/2025

Guest users or non-business users of the software, not included in G2 scores.

"great content and questions"

5/5

What do you like best about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

great content and questions for all levels and step by step Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

nothing as such looks great and step by step approach Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Steve C.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/22/2024

"Amazing Assessment Platform"

5/5

What do you like best about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

It really helps us create a comprehensive assessment process for technical coding skills relevant to the jobs we hire for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

I would love to see more flexible integrations with our ATS Greenhouse (mapping manually sent test back to Greenhouse candidate profiles). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dmitry R.

Software Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/22/2024

"Great tool allowing real time coding during an interview"

5/5

What do you like best about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

Simplicity, clear error messages, capability to execute the program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

I can't think of anything I dislike, the product is good.

A feature to add: cheating detection. Not sure how to achieve it, but it'd be helpful to provide inputs when there is potential copying of code from chatgpt of other platform.

Or maybe built-in chatgpt window where the interviewer can see an auto generated code for the question. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

André M.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/21/2024

"The perfect experience for evaluating technical profiles!"

5/5

What do you like best about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

I love how easy it is to use, the interface is very interactive and there are lots of questions in the library which helps you gain a lot of speed when creating challenges from scratch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

Nothing to mention, the platform is built perfectly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Somruethai S.

Head of Recruitment

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/23/2024

"Help us to get best fit candidate for Tech positions!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

The HackerRank is the technical test that our company trust & 100% accountability help to screen technical skills of candidates. The test is also easy to apply for either candidate or recruiter even hiring managers could create & integrate the new test for new vacancy that needs to clarify on technical and logical skills. Since SCB TechX has to deliver the excellence to customer especially the product such as mobile banking application, data platform etc., with HackerRank we can identify the Tech Talent for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

Nothing else to refer and if there is any new features, it will be great to send the EDM on the update. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HackerRank Developer Skills Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

From time to time, we have received the IT/Tech candidate profile with the tech stack skills mentioned in their resume and some how we would like to know how their expertise level or even their knowledge to perform in particular tech tool. HackerRank is the answer that could help clarify the technical & logical skills . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Eric P.

Senior Digital and Technology Recruiter

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/16/2024

"Awesome tool for recruiting"

5/5

What do you like best about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

It is very user friendly for recruiting teams to use, the layout is easy to navigate, a large bank of testing questions to create unique tests as well as several tests readily available for a wide variety of skillsets. HackerRank has had a tremendous impact on our hiring as it allows candidates to complete in their own time which speeds up the process as we do not have to worry about scheduling, and our hiring teams love talking to developers and being able to review code so they can use more of the interview time assessing a candidates overall ability. We receive amazing customer support and have a partner in HackerRank. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

A double-edged sword for this tool is I work with a lot of developers who heavily use code repositories and have been removed a bit from writing out data structures/algorithims that are essential to performing well on tests- I believe we might weed out some developers who do not perform as well on the test who probably have great backgrounds and technical skills. These are essential skills for developers so much needed, and we try to prepare candidates as best as possible on what to expect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HackerRank Developer Skills Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has helped speed up our interview process by allowing us to send the challenge separately and allowing the candidate to complete on their own time, then they can discuss the results in a regularly scheduled interview. This frees up time for our hiring teams, gives candidates better flexibility since they don't need to schedule time during normal business hours, and they can set aside time to sit down and complete the HackerRank challenge when they aren't distracted. I think this is super helpful for candidates who are currently working, but our team loves getting to see some code when interviewing candidates and talking further through strengths and weaknesses. Working in talent acquisition, and not coming from a technical background, this really helps us identify candidates . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aswathi A.

Recruitment Coordinator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/13/2024

"Hacker Rank Technical Tests"

4/5

What do you like best about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

The ease of using the online techical test platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

The online technical test doesnot support all the browsers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/11/2024

"We love using HackerRank"

5/5

What do you like best about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

HackerRank is easy to use and integrates seamlessly with our ATS. We use HackerRank for nearly all of our technical roles. They offer technical support to our hiring managers to help bring their vision to life, which is majorly helpful. Their preset questions are great and being able to create custom questions allows us to create assessment for even our most niche technical roles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

I can't think of anything I dislike about HackerRank. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HackerRank Developer Skills Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

HackerRank's preset questions and language options help our Hiring Managers get up and running with assessments quickly with the option to create custom questions to suit about niche roles. Being able to view results from technical assessments using HackerRank help us make informed hiring decisions quickly so we can hire the best talent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/24/2024

"Our View of the platform"

3/5

What do you like best about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

The ability to test an individual coding skills with the help of Hands on or project type questions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HackerRank Developer Skills Platform?

Currently the platform has a very limited set of MCQ questions on various technologies. This must be increased. There are certain skillset in which only one question is present. For example .NET Advanced only one objective MCQ. This is not what we expect as a business user.

For all basic, intermediate and advanced complexity variation of questions for every skillset please do make sure you do have adequate number of questions. Keep reviving and updating the questions in library. There were missing basic MCQ flavour questions in certain skillset and have only intermediate flavour and or expert flavours alone disappoints end users as we cannot bring in consistency in skillset evaluations.

Overall on immediate priority the number of questions in library has to be increased. Observing 1 or 2 question on skillset which was a great disappointment for us after purchasing the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.