Configuring InterviewPlanner - HackerRank Integration

Last updated: December 13, 2024

Overview

HackerRank's Interviews integrate with InterviewPlanner to facilitate a seamless and efficient Candidate screening process for recruiters. As part of their interview workflow, InterviewPlanner users can directly send HackerRank Interview invites to Candidates.

This article provides you with detailed configuration steps on HackerRank and InterviewPlanner.

Prerequisites

In HackerRank for Work

In InterviewPlanner

  • You must own an Enterprise plan with a Recruiter license.

  • You must have an activated Recruiter-type user account with Company Admin permissions. This user account must belong to any team.

  • Log in with this user account to:  

    • Generate the InterviewPlanner API key

  • Log in using the InterviewPlanner account which has the same email address as the HackerRank for Work Company Admin user account. This is important for sending HackerRank Interview invites and generating interview links in InterviewPlanner.

Example: If the email address in HackerRank for Work is jackpeters@hackerrank.com, the InterviewPlanner user account must also include the same email address.

  • You must have relevant administrative permissions to the Integrations page.

Configuring InterviewPlanner Integration with HackerRank

When configuring the InterviewPlanner integration with HackerRank, the administrator generates an API key that the admin must keep a record of.

Generating an API Key from HackerRank

  1. Log in to HackerRank for Work with the Company Admin user account.  

  2. On the home page, click the drop-down next to the user icon in the top right corner.

  3. Click Settings.

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  4. On the left pane, click Integrations. The Integrations page is displayed. Scroll down and click Configure on the InterviewPlanner option. You can also search the Integration from the Search bar.

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  5. Click Generate API Token to generate the API token.

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    A unique API Key is displayed.

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  6. Copy this key. You will need to add this key to the Greenhouse account to establish the integration.

Note: Ensure to store the API key safely. Once the popup is closed, you cannot retrieve the key again.

Adding the API Key in InterviewPlanner

  1. Log in to InterviewPlanner.

  2. Under Settings, click Account > Integrations on the left navigation pane.

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  3. Scroll down to the Live Coding section and click Edit. 

  4. In the Live Coding Type drop-down, select HackerRank.

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  5. Enter the API Key that you generated from HackerRank.

  6. Click Save. The API Key is added and the InterviewPlanner integration with HackerRank is completed.