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Screen
Create Test from Job Description
Simply paste your job description into the test creation workflow and instantly generate a role-specific assessment. Skills are automatically matched to the requirements outlined in the JD.
External Copy-Paste Prevention in Secure Mode
Secure Mode now blocks external copy-pasting for Coding, Frontend, Backend, and Fullstack questions. This prevents unauthorized assistance during assessments.
Proctor Mode (Limited Availability)
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Proctor Mode brings AI-powered integrity monitoring to your assessments, replicating the confidence of live proctoring without bias or friction. It sets clear rules, tracks activity in real-time through webcam, tab-switch, and screenshots, and delivers a detailed integrity report with session replays and actionable insights.
AI Interviewer (Limited Availability)
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AI Interviewer helps you run consistent, insight-rich technical interviews without adding to your calendar. It adapts to each candidate’s responses, asks follow-up questions, monitors for integrity, and delivers detailed feedback with a full session timeline. It’s like having your best interviewer on call every time.
Interview
Observation Mode for Projects
Observation Mode now supports Frontend, Backend and Fullstack questions, enhancing the interview experience for both candidates and interviewers. It allows interviewers to follow along in real time as candidates engage with the IDE in a multi-file environment.
Candidate Guidelines for Interviews
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All candidates now see interview guidelines at the start of the session. This includes best practices, system setup tips, and behavioral expectations to help them feel prepared.
Ashby Integration for Interview Scheduling
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Ashby ATS users can now instantly include HackerRank Interview links when scheduling, streamlining the interview setup process and eliminating manual steps.
Settings Update: Interview Integrity Signals
Interview Integrity Signals are now managed entirely at the company level. The old interviewer-level toggle has been removed, giving admins full control over monitoring preferences.
Integrity
Developer Experience
DevOps Assessment Improvements
DevOps assessments now support environment reset, helping candidates recover from errors without starting over. And, with support for over 1,200 concurrent sessions, the platform handles high-volume hiring without missing a beat.
New Candidate Site
A sleek modern interface, flexible panel layout, updated labels, and improved onboarding flow make it easy for candidates to dive right in. Plus, they can now run one test case at a time for easier debugging without running down the clock.
Platform Upgrades
Your assessment environment now reflects the latest industry standards, with updates to R (4.4.2), Swift (6.3.0), and new LSP support for Go, JavaScript, and TypeScript. These improvements deliver better diagnostics and a smoother experience for candidates. A new WebSocket connectivity check also helps candidates verify their setup before starting, reducing test-day disruptions.
Red Hat Java LSP and Higher CPU
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Now powered by Red Hat’s Java LSP, Java project questions run with improved autocomplete and diagnostics, plus 2x the CPU power for faster load times and smoother coding.
Integrations
Engage
Rediscover Past Candidates
Use the new Cohorts tab to surface candidates from past assessments, filtered by skill, experience, and match. Re-engage top talent already in your system no fresh sourcing needed.
Find Candidates from HackerRank’s Database
Use the Engage Assistant to search HackerRank’s developer community. Filter results, provide feedback, and add selected candidates to your campaign pipeline.
Run Promotions in HackerRank Community
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Promote your campaign to 26 million developers through targeted placements across HackerRank Community pages. Draft, publish, and track results from within Engage.
Feature a Job Opportunity
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Run a campaign specifically focused on a job opening. Includes a tailored microsite layout with a dedicated job description section and a publishing option to showcase your role in the HackerRank developer community.
SkillUp
New Learn Experience
Give your developers a more effective way to grow with structured learning paths, real-world coding challenges, and in-the-moment support from an AI tutor, all embedded in the IDE. Developers learn at their own pace and earn badges through progress, not pressure. Learning built the way developers think about one concept, challenge, and one skill at a time.
New Certify Experience
Your developers now have a clear path from learning to certification with guided practice, AI tutor support, and untimed challenges that build real skills. No badges are needed; it is just focused prep that makes certification feel like a natural next step.
Overview Dashboard Enhancements
Track developer engagement and certification progress with new funnel views, time-based filters, and exportable insights. The updated dashboard makes it easier to spot trends and take action.
Developer Community
Mock Interviews
Developers can now prep with AI-powered mock interviews that include speech-to-text, better feedback, and new backend (Node.js) sessions. Help candidates show up more confident and interview-ready.
Support for Workable on QuickApply
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The QuickApply Chrome extension now supports autofill for Workable-powered applications, so job seekers can apply to even more roles across the web with the click of a button.
Platform
Platform Enhancements
Skills Platform
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Identify developers who aren’t just using AI but building it. Now assess real-world GenAI development skills with new RAG questions. Candidates work in a native VS Code IDE with built-in data sources to build context-aware AI apps like chatbots and intelligent assistant
iOS Assessments (Limited Availability)
Evaluate iOS development skills in a realistic, Swift-ready environment. These questions include a live app emulator and multi-file support for assessing both logic and UI fluency. Supports frameworks like SwiftUI.
QA Skills: Cucumber and Cypress
Assess automation skills using Cucumber for BDD and Cypress for front-end testing. Candidates can write and run real test cases directly on the platform, using auto-scoring and scenario-level evaluation.
Code Quality Grading
Traditional scoring tells you if the code works. Code Quality grading goes deeper, using AI to assess clarity, structure, and maintainability in React and Coding questions like a senior engineer’s code review, minus the time sink.
Natural Language Search
Find Library questions faster by searching in plain English. Just type what you’re looking for and get instant results. No filters. Just accurate, intent-based search results.
New Content
The HackerRank Library now includes 160 new coding and database questions, plus 90 project questions that simulate real-world scenarios. We’ve expanded coverage across high-demand job families, including Web Development, Mobile, AI/ML, and Quality Assurance.
Content Quality Upgrades
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You now have access to over 880 project questions that have been improved through weekly simulation checks that mirror the full candidate experience. Another 260 coding and database questions have been refined for better clarity and readability. Performance upgrades also help reduce package install times and minimize timeout issues, making assessments smoother for your candidates.
Library Enhancements
Admin
New User Entitlements for Tests
Fine-tune user permissions more precisely to determine who can clone, delete or modify test settings. These controls help you stay aligned with internal policies while securing candidate data.
Adding Questions Outside Interview Templates
Admins can now restrict interviewers from adding or removing questions from an assigned template, ensuring interview consistency across teams.
Bulk Exports
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New entitlements determine who can export test data, user data, interview results, and Library content, giving admins tighter control and securing sensitive information.
Data & Insights
Custom Reports
Create the reports you want exactly when you need them. With flexible access to data from Tests, Questions, Users, Interviews, and more, you can apply filters, preview instantly, export to Excel, and share with your team.
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