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hackerrank.com (formerly interviewstreet) - This came in at the right moment when tech companies are struggling to filter out 1000s of resumes for a programmer job.. You can read more about it here..

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/interviewstreet-disr...

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hackerrank.com (formerly interviewstreet) - This came in at the right moment when tech companies are struggling to filter out 1000s of resumes for a programmer job.. You can read more about it here.. http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/interviewstreet-disr...

Does anyone have any experiences with HackerRank to share? I'm curious.

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hackerrank.com (formerly interviewstreet) - This came in at the right moment when tech companies are struggling to filter out 1000s of resumes for a programmer job.. You can read more about it here.. http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/interviewstreet-disr...

Does anyone have any experiences with HackerRank to share? I'm curious.

Experience with regards to working with them or getting hired via it?

If getting hired via it, I do have. So far, 5 out of 6 jobs I applied used hackerrank for initial level screening on programming knowledge.

I ve also worked with them in creating few interview questions, but its via freelancing.

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Does anyone have any experiences with HackerRank to share? I'm curious.

Experience with regards to working with them or getting hired via it? If getting hired via it, I do have. So far, 5 out of 6 jobs I applied used hackerrank for initial level screening on programming knowledge. I ve also worked with them in creating few interview questions, but its via freelancing.

Interesting. What was the screening like? I did a lot of work in candidate screening at my old job; this is a hobbyhorse of mine.

Thanks for responding!

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Experience with regards to working with them or getting hired via it? If getting hired via it, I do have. So far, 5 out of 6 jobs I applied used hackerrank for initial level screening on programming knowledge. I ve also worked with them in creating few interview questions, but its via freelancing.

Interesting. What was the screening like? I did a lot of work in candidate screening at my old job; this is a hobbyhorse of mine. Thanks for responding!

They companies have their accounts with Hackerrank and have some bundles for different set of questions (mostly provided by hackerrank itself[1] and could be self created, but mostly they use the questions provided by the hackerrank) - Python, Ruby, Algorithmic, Testing level- and based on the position they'll invite a candidate to try out the questions (via email).

The hackerrank site itself gives a minimal text editor of the language of your choice along with an execution environment. Of the 5 interviews I attended 1 company asked to try the questions while applying itself, 2 companies have sent the invite after a phone level screening and 2 companies invited to their office to attend the same in front of them.

But, some of the questions are more obvious (FizzBuzz, ChessBoard) that often come up in the generic hackerrank for developers section itself..

[[1] - to know the interviewer part I signed up as a Employer which has 14 day trial period and got all their interview questions in stock]

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Interesting. What was the screening like? I did a lot of work in candidate screening at my old job; this is a hobbyhorse of mine. Thanks for responding!

They companies have their accounts with Hackerrank and have some bundles for different set of questions (mostly provided by hackerrank itself[1] and could be self created, but mostly they use the questions provided by the hackerrank) - Python, Ruby, Algorithmic, Testing level- and based on the position they'll invite a candidate to try out the questions (via email). The hackerrank site itself gives a minimal text edi…

What was the most interesting, involved, or realistic question you dealt with on HackerRank?

If you were a hiring manager, how big a difference would HackerRank make for you? Would you put more weight on the online Q&A, or more weight on in-person interviews?

(If you keep answering me, I'll keep coming up with more questions, because I am not kidding I seriously nerd out on this stuff).

Many continuous and real-time thanks.

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Experience with regards to working with them or getting hired via it? If getting hired via it, I do have. So far, 5 out of 6 jobs I applied used hackerrank for initial level screening on programming knowledge. I ve also worked with them in creating few interview questions, but its via freelancing.

Interesting. What was the screening like? I did a lot of work in candidate screening at my old job; this is a hobbyhorse of mine. Thanks for responding!

Apparently, the comment depth is exceeded.. You can mail me (id in my profile) and I am happy to discuss it.
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