HackerRank
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Formerly called | Interview Street, Inc. |
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| Founders | Vivek Ravisankar, Hari Karunanidhi |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, CA, United States |
| Products | HackerRank for Work, CodePair, CodeScreen, DroidRank, SudoRank, |
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HackerRank is a company that focuses on competitive programming challenges for both consumers and businesses[1] and has an online community of over one million computer programmers.[2] HackerRank's programming challenges can be solved in a variety of programming languages (including, but not limited to, Java, C++, PHP, SQL) and span multiple computer science domains.
On the consumer side, when a programmer submits a solution to a programming challenge, their submission is scored on the accuracy of their output and the execution time of their solution. Programmers are then ranked globally on the HackerRank leaderboard and earn badges based on their accomplishments to drive competition among users. In addition to individual programming challenges, HackerRank also hosts contests (often referred to by HackerRank as "CodeSprints") where users compete on the same programming challenges during a set period of time and are then ranked at the conclusion of the event. HackerRank is seen as a market leader in the growing gamification trend within competitive computer programming [3] and the consumer-side of their website is free for coders to use.
Computer Science Domains on HackerRank
In addition to supporting a variety of popular (and some obscure) programming languages, HackerRank categorizes most of their programming challenges into a number of core Computer Science domains,[4] including:
- Artificial Intelligence: involves developing AI bots and using them against others.
- Algorithms: Traditional algorithmic challenges.
- Functional Programming: use functional programming abstractions to solve challenges.
- Machine Learning: use predictive modeling and analysis to solve challenges.
HackerRank for Work
Their enterprise-side product, HackerRank for Work, is a subscription service that aims to help companies source, screen, and hire engineers and other technical roles.[5] The HackerRank for Work platform gives businesses the option to leverage a built-in library of programming challenges or write their own so as to tailor that programming challenge directly to a company’s open position. Technical recruiters then use those programming challenges to test candidates on their specific programming skills and better understand their qualification for a certain role. Candidate's challenges, once submitted, are auto-scored and the results are then provided to the technical recruiter for review.[2] Companies such as Amplify,[6] Quora, and Capital One are using HackerRank for Work in their technical recruiting screening processes. In addition to screening, HackerRank also hosts programming hackathons, referred to as CodeSprints, as a way for companies to source technical candidates. Companies who have hosted or sponsored these CodeSprints include Addepar,[7] Yahoo!, Quora,[8] and Amazon.
Notable Releases
- CodePair, released in February 2014, combines programming challenges with real-time video for interviewing.[9]
- DroidRank, released in November 2014, adds support for Android-based programming challenges.[10]
- SudoRank, released in February 2015, adds support for Linux-based scripting challenges[11]
- DbRank, released in July 2015, adds support for Database challenges in IBM DB2, MySQL, MS SQL, and Oracle[12]
Customers
HackerRank for work currently has over 1,000 paying customers for their subscription service. Notable enterprise customers include Adobe, Amazon, Citrix, EA Sports, Evernote, Quora, Facebook, Twitter, Walmart, Yahoo!, and Zynga.[13]
History
HackerRank was originally founded as InterviewStreet by two NIT Trichy alumni Vivek Ravisankar and Hari Karunanidhi. HackerRank is a Y Combinator-backed company, and was the first Indian company accepted into Y Combinator.[14] They also participated in TechCrunch Disrupt in 2012,[15] and currently have venture capital backing from Khosla Ventures and Battery Ventures.[16]
References
- ↑ Anthony Wing Kosner (12 June 2014). "HackerRank Solves Tech Hiring Crisis By Finding Programmers Where They Live". Forbes.
- 1 2 "HackerRank works with Oracle Taleo, Greenhouse, Jobvite for technical interviews - Business Insider". Business Insider. 14 April 2015.
- ↑ "HackerRank 'gamifies' technical job recruiting for game companies (exclusive) - GamesBeat - Games - by Dean Takahashi". VentureBeat.
- ↑ "Ready, set, go! MassDiGI and HackerRank announce CodeSprint – 2/20/15 - MassDiGI". massdigi.org.
- ↑ Max Nisen. "For coders, tests will replace resumes and interviews". Quartz.
- ↑ "Amplify uses HackerRank to vet candidates for its dev team". Technical.ly.
- ↑ "Addepar Hosts Record-Breaking Coding Contest with HackerRank: 3,800 Programmers Worldwide Participate in Hackathon Designed by World’s Top Competitive Coders - Business Wire". businesswire.com. 19 August 2014.
- ↑ "Quora Haqathon". quora.com.
- ↑ Frederic Lardinois. "HackerRank Launches CodePair To Improve Technical Interviews". TechCrunch. AOL.
- ↑ Frederic Lardinois. "HackerRank Expands Its Technical Recruiting Platform To Mobile With DroidRank". TechCrunch. AOL.
- ↑ "HackerRank Releases SudoRank: a Powerful Tool for Recruiting System Administrators". TechStory.
- ↑ "HackerRank Gets $7.5M Investment From Recruit, Launches New Screening Tool For Data Scientists And Database Engineers". TechCrunch.
- ↑ "Find the Right Coder in the Right Place". The New Indian Express.
- ↑ "Interview Street first Indian company to be chosen for an incubation programme at Y Combinator". timesofindia-economictimes.
- ↑ Frederic Lardinois. "HackerRank Launches A New Social Platform For Coders Based Around Puzzles And Real-World Problems". TechCrunch. AOL.
- ↑ "HackerRank brings in $9 million to help companies land good recruits". Yahoo Finance. 12 June 2014.