HackerRank Interview is a live technical interview platform that helps you assess how candidates solve engineering problems. Candidates and interviewers work together in a shared environment in real time.

You can conduct interviews remotely or in person. Built-in audio, video, chat, and screen sharing keep the technical work and discussion in one session.

During an interview, you can ask follow-up questions, explore the candidate’s decisions, and evaluate how the candidate:

• Defines a problem and identifies key requirements.

• Selects an approach and tests assumptions.

• Writes, reviews, and improves code.

• Investigates issues and adapts their approach.

• Uses AI assistance and validates its output.

• Communicates technical decisions and tradeoffs.

You can use the following sample links to explore the HackerRank Interview platform:

• Interviewer experience

• Candidate experience

Share the candidate experience link with candidates to help them become familiar with the platform before their interview.

Interview workspace

When you create an interview, you can select a workspace and question type based on the skills you want to assess. You can use a single workspace for a focused interview or combine multiple workspaces throughout an interview process.

For example, you can use the Whiteboard for a system design discussion and then use the ADE to implement or debug part of the system in a code repository.

Agentic development environment

For realistic multi-file engineering tasks, candidates can work on Code Repos questions in the Agentic Development Environment (ADE). ADE provides a project workspace with file navigation, terminal access, and tools to build, run, inspect, test, and debug an application.

When your organization enables AI assistance, candidates can use approved models from providers such as Anthropic and OpenAI to investigate the codebase, plan their approach, implement changes, and resolve issues.

You can assess the candidate’s final solution and their approach to AI-assisted development, including how they:

• Frame the task and provide context to the AI Assistant.

• Decide what to complete independently and what to delegate.

• Review and validate generated output.

• Identify and correct inaccurate suggestions.

• Refine the solution before completing the task.

For more information about ADE, see 📄 Use ADE in Interviews.

Get started

To conduct an interview:

1. Start an interview immediately or schedule it for later, and invite the candidate and interviewers. For more information, see 📄 Create an Interview.

2. Join the interview and admit the candidate when they enter the lobby. For more information, see 📄 Join an Interview.

3. Navigate the interview interface and use the available controls during the session. For more information, see 📄 Navigate the Interview Interface and Controls.​

4. Add and manage questions during the interview. For more information, see 📄 Manage Questions in an Interview.

5. Complete the interview, review the candidate’s responses, interview recording, and interviewer notes, and follow your organization’s evaluation process. For more information, see 📄 Interview Report.