Creating a Subjective Question

Overview

As a hiring manager, you can create Subjective Questions that test the most relevant skills of the candidate for your job opening. You can ask open-ended questions and provide a prompt to the candidates. 

Examples:

These answers to subjective questions are manually evaluated by the test setters. This article will walk you through the steps to create a Subjective Question. 

Steps to Create a Subjective Question

• Click on the Library tab on the home page, and then click on the Create Question button.
• In the Select Question Type dialog box, click on the Subjective question type.

Problem Statement

On the Problem Statement page, specify the following,

A. Problem Name

• The problem name should be short and topical. It should not give any hints to solve the problem.

B. Score

• While you can assign any score you want for the questions you create, we use certain standards for assigning scores to the questions we create that you might find useful.

C. Tags

• (Optional) Select the Tags from the drop-down list or add your own custom tag.
• Tags are words or phrases that help with the searchability and organization of your questions. You can add the existing tags or create new tags. Set the difficulty level for your question by associating the tags as Easy, Medium, or Hard. Alternatively, associate custom tags to identify your question by its complexity or its levels.
• When you view your questions in the Library, the associated tags will be indicated for every question. You can use these tags to generate candidate reports and performance graphs.
•  Refer, Associating the Tags for Questions for more information.

D. Problem Description

• While describing the problem statement, ensure that the question is clear and detailed. You can also use tables, graphs, or attachments to enhance clarity.

E. Interviewer Guidelines

• Interviewer Guidelines are for later reference. You can include a rubric about scoring the questions or write solutions to the problems in this section. These can be used by your team while evaluating the test. This is an optional step.

 Note: Interviewer Guidelines are only visible to your team and you.

You can support your problem statement and internal notes by attaching a relevant reference file in these sections. Refer to the How to Attach a File to a Problem Statement for more information.

• Click on the Save Question button to save and exit. Alternatively, click on the Save and Add another button to save this question and proceed to create another one.
• The Questions you create are stored in the HackerRank Library under the “My company questions” section. The Question type and the associated tags are indicated below every question title as shown below.

While in the Library, you can proceed to create more questions or add questions to your tests.