We recently improved our UI experience and also added a few new features to the invite page on HackerRank:

• Shared templates across the company
• Personalise emails by automatically adding candidate/recruiter name
• Re-inviting candidates to take a test

 

Shared templates across the company

All users can now share templates created company wide. Click on the templates icon in the bottom right of the editor, this will open up the templates window as shown below. Under Shared Templates, you can see all templates created by other users within the company. These templates are ready for immediate use or you can create your own copies and make edits as you see fit. For more details, please visit this article.

 

Personalise your email invites

You can now personalise every email invitation by including candidate and recruiter names in your emails. To do this, add the candidate or recruiter name placeholder to your email as shown below. The candidate’s name will only be shown if it is included in the email address in the following format: john<john@abc.com> or if the candidate name is included in the csv upload. For more details, please visit this article.

 

 

Re-invite candidates to a test

There are often cases where candidates could not complete the test due to power issues or loss of connectivity. For these cases where you would like the candidate to retake the test, you can now resend the invite without deleting the previous reports. All attempts candidates took are stored along with a detailed report for each attempt that you can review later. For more details, please visit this article.

If you have any questions, please write to us at support@hackerrank.com .

 

We are conducting 60-minute training with live Q&A where we will review HackerRank for Work product, best practices in creating tests, inviting candidates to take the test, reviewing candidate reports and conducting paired programming interviews with Codepair. Please see the schedule here for training and sign up.

Starting today 10/16/17, HackerRank will not support fullscreen mode for candidates attempting the test using IE 11 or Safari. We recommend that whenever you send a invite for a test with fullscreen enabled, please add instructions for candidates to use latest version of Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge to take the test.

Note, we will continue to support IE 11 and Safari browsers. This update only impacts candidates using IE 11 or Safari when the test specifically has fullscreen mode enabled.

If you have any questions, please refer to this article or write to us at support@hackerrank.com.

We are introducing a Codepair creation extension which would allow you to create codepair interviews in a jiffy and use them on the fly. This extension is currently available on Chrome.

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This will help engineers who are looking for a code collaboration tool during their interview process, be it onsite or over the phone. Interviews created using this extension are available in your HackerRank for Work dashboard to go through reports and notes whenever you want to access them.

HackerRank will not be available due to scheduled maintenance from 10 am to 3 pm PST on 29th May 2017 (See all timezones here). We will take this time to perform updates to our database.

During this time you will not be able to access the entire HackerRank platform including HackerRank for Work, HackerRank Community and HackerRank Jobs.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does this impact test candidates?

The tests interface will not be available during the maintenance window. Candidates will see a notification to come back at a later time if they try to launch a test. We will also ensure that candidates are allowed to start their Test only if they can complete it before the start of the maintenance window.

How does this impact CodePair sessions?

New CodePair sessions cannot start during the maintenance window, and up to 90 minutes prior to the start of the window. For sessions that are live as we approach the window, we will show warnings to the participants so they can complete their interview. Interview data recorded before the maintenance window starts will be safe.

How does this impact my reports?

You will not be able to view reports or dashboards during the downtime.

What happens to invites expiring on 29th May?

For candidate test invites which expire on 29th May, we can increase the expiry date by a day in case you would want to do that. You can send out the consent at support@hackerrank.com

As always, if you have any questions, please email us at support@hackerrank.com and we would be more than happy to answer them.

HackerRank for Work will not be available due to scheduled maintenance on December 25th, between 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm PT (see all timezones here). We’ll be performing the following updates during this time –

1. Upgrade all questions using Swift 2.0 or an earlier version to Swift 3.0.
2. Perform database updates.

During this time you will not be able to access the HackerRank platform.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does this impact test candidates?

The tests interface will not be available during the maintenance window. Candidates will see a notification to come back at a later time. We will also ensure that candidates are allowed to start their Test only if they can complete it before the start of the maintenance window.

How does this impact CodePair sessions?

New CodePair sessions cannot start during the maintenance window, and up to 90 minutes prior to the start of the window. For sessions that are live as we approach the window, we will show warnings to the participants so they can complete their interview. Interview data recorded before the maintenance window starts will be safe.

How does this impact my reports?

You will not be able to view reports or dashboards during the downtime.

As always, if you have any questions, please email us at support@hackerrank.com

We added a new feature that sends confirmation emails to test takers. After a candidate finishes a test, we will send them an email that confirms that their test results have been sent to the hiring company.

The Confirmation Email feature is turned on by default for all of your company’s tests. But we have created new settings that enable you to make following changes:

• Turn confirmation emails on or off for each test
• Customize the content of the confirmation email for each test
• Enable or disable confirmation email for the entire company

To change the confirmation email settings for a specific test, go to Tests => Advanced Settings => Emails. You will see a section called Confirmation Email, which is where you can configure the confirmation emails for this specific test.

To enable or disable confirmation emails for the entire company, go to your account settings. There is a new Company section, which has a Test Settings page. If you disable confirmation emails for the company, then confirmation emails will be disabled for all of your company’s tests. Please note that you can only see the Test Settings page if you’re a member of the Owners team.

We added a new feature to HackerRank for Work: reminder emails. For each invite you send, you can opt to send one reminder email with customizable contents. This is a simple way to increase the number of candidates that attempt your tests.

Using the reminder emails feature is simple. Turn it on, select the timing of the reminder, and set the contents.

 

You can enable reminder emails for a test from the miscellaneous section of its advanced settings. You can also set a default value for all invites you send in your personal user settings.

Your tests page just got a little tidier. Until now, all of your tests lived in one big list with no indication of whether or not the test was actively being used. To help communicate whether a test is in use or not, we’re introducing a separate listing of Archived Tests.

You can archive a test from your main test list by checking the box left of the name and clicking the archive button.

All of your test’s data is retained, and you can restore it back to the main list at any time. Invites cannot be sent for an archived test, but any outstanding invites or in-progress candidates will not be affected.

We see the archived tests list as a way to declutter and focus your test list. By storing your old tests out of view, you can focus on the tests you’re actually using without worrying about losing any data.