Overview
HackerRank integrates with the Microsoft Outlook calendar to facilitate an easy and seamless remote interviewing experience.
As a part of this workflow, users can install the HackerRank calendar add on and use it to schedule remote technical interviews directly from the Microsoft Outlook calendar app. This results in a hassle-free interview scheduling experience saving you a lot of time and effort.
How Does the HackerRank Interview Add on Work?
Prerequisites
You need to install the add-on from the Microsoft Appsource. Once the add-on is installed, follow the below steps to use the HackerRank Interview addon to schedule remote technical Interviews.
Steps
1. Open the Outlook calendar app and enter participant information.
2. Choose “HackerRank CodePair” from the video conferencing options.
3. Click on Allow to login to HackerRank (This is a onetime setup. Once logged in, you do not need to repeat this step for scheduling future interviews.)
4. You will get the HackerRank interview link in your calendar and once the meeting is scheduled, all the participants will receive an invitation with the interview link.
How Does the Calendar Add-ons Appear on HackerRank?
You will be able to view the details of this interview in your HackerRank account as well. Any interview link that is created from the Microsoft calendar add-on will show up on your HackerRank Interviews page, as shown in the below image.
FAQ
- I can not install the add-in for Microsoft Outlook.
If you are part of an organization that manages your Microsoft suite, your system administrator will have to install the add-on. They can do it for you or for the whole team. Please reach out to them to install it. Once they add it to your Outlook, you will be able to use the add-in. - Which license type do I need in HackerRank to use the add-on?
To schedule interviews using the calendar add-on, you need access to HackerRank Interview. You need to have a Recruiter, Developer, or Interviewer role inside HackerRank to have access to our remote-first interviewing solution. - Why do I see a blank screen when I click on “Create Interview”?
If you are on Windows 10 version lesser than 1903 or Microsoft 365 version lesser than 16.0.11629 then your Outlook app on your desktop opens new pop-ups in Internet Explorer 11.
The first time you use the add-in, you will be asked to log into your HackerRank account so we can match the Interview requests to your account. Our website does not fully support Internet Explorer 11 as it is a legacy browser; hence you might see a blank screen.
If you are using older versions of Windows, please update to the later versions or use Outlook on the Web. - I am unable to see Interviewer details within the Interview generated on HackerRank.
When you generate a HackerRank Interview link through any calendar add-ons, we just synchronize the details about who generated the interview and a timestamp for when it was generated.
You can add or remove attendees prior to the interview and still be able to use the same link.
Whenever an interviewer logs in, we will record their name and update the Interview with their details. This will also happen for multiple interviewers. Anyone who joins the interview and logs in as a candidate will be used in the candidate details. - I am unable to see candidate details within the Interview generated on HackerRank.
When you generate a HackerRank Interview link through any calendar add-ons, we just synchronize the details about who generated the interview and a timestamp for when it was generated.
You can add or remove attendees prior to the interview and still be able to use the same link.
Whenever a candidate logs in, we will record their name and update the Interview with their details.
Similar will happen for the interviewer information. - I do not see the time and schedule information inside HackerRank.
We have made this integration lightweight and enabled all of scheduling through your calendar app. The timing and scheduling information will directly be available in your calendar event.
This way you can reschedule your event as required and still use the same HackerRank Interview link! - How to pull questions from a candidate's HackerRank Test inside the Interview session?
When you log into the Interview session as an interviewer, you will see an “Import” option on the left that includes questions from the HackerRank test taken by the candidate.
If you do not see the questions from candidates test even if they have taken a test:
1. Check if the candidate has used the same email to log in to the Interview as they used for the test.
2. If the candidate logged in to the session after the Interviewer, you can just refresh the page and you will be able to pull in the questions.