HackerRank Interview and Google Calendar Integration

Overview

HackerRank integrates with Google 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 Google 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?

Prerequisite

You need to install the HackerRank Interviews add-on from the G Suite Marketplace. Once the add-on is installed, follow the below steps to use this add-on to schedule remote technical interviews from your Google Calendar app.

Steps

1. Open Google calendar and enter participant information.

2. Choose “HackerRank Interview” from the video conferencing options.

3. Once you select HackerRank Interview from it will ask you to log in to your HackerRank for Work account. Once you complete the login process you will be able to use the HackerRank for Interviews addon in Google calendar to conduct remote interviews. (This is a one-time setup. Once logged in, you don’t need to repeat this step for scheduling future interviews.)

4. Click on save to save the event. Once it is saved you can see the event in your calendar.  

How does the Calendar add-ons appear in 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 Google calendar add-on will show up on your HackerRank Interviews page, as shown in the below image.

FAQs

1. I can’t install the add-in for Google Calendar.
   
   If you are part of an organization that manages your Google Workspace, 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 Calendar, you will be able to use the add-in.
   
   
2. 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 or Interviewer role inside HackerRank to have access to our remote-first interviewing solution.
   
   
3. How can I use HackerRank Interview and another video conferencing app (Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.)  for the same invite?
   
   You can use any other conferencing platform in the same invite as HackerRank Interview. For Google Calendar, you can use another app’s add-on first, copy the joining information that shows up in the description, then use the HackerRank Interview add-on.
   When you use HackerRank Interview as the last add-on, joining information for the other add-on will be available in the meeting description.
   
   
4. 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.
   
   
5. 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's information.
   
   
6. I do not see the time and schedule information inside HackerRank.
   
   We have made this integration lightweight and enabled all of the 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!
   
   
7. 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 don’t see the questions from candidates test even if they have taken a test:
• Check if the candidate has used the same email to log in to the Interview as they used for the test.
• 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.