HackerRank Engage enables customers to run time-boxed, invite-based events. This guide offers recommendations for various use cases where these events can be implemented effectively. While these are general recommendations, feel free to customize them based on your specific needs.
Create a Pre-Vetted Talent Pool
Purpose: Build a pool of candidates pre-vetted for their skills, allowing you to access them when there’s an active requisition to fill.
| Topic | HackerRank Recommendation |
| Use Case | Branding / Engagement |
| Question Type | Coding |
| Target Audience |
1. Early talent (0-3 years of experience) 2. Mid-to-senior professionals (3+ years of experience) |
| Challenge Type | Invite Based |
| Participation Type | Individual Event |
| Event Flow | Refer to the HackerRank Academy course on how to set up a branding event. |
| Examples |
1. Early talent: Atlassian Women in Tech Summer Internship 2. Mid-to-senior professionals: Salesforce Coding Challenge |
Note: You can run these flagship events for niche audiences, such as building pipelines for specialized skills or supporting DE&I goals.
Run Coding Challenges to Fill Multiple Similar Open Positions
Purpose: Launch coding challenges to quickly fill open positions when there is no existing talent pipeline.
| Topic | HackerRank Recommendation |
| Use Case | Hiring |
| Question Type | Coding |
| Target Audience | Mid-to-senior professionals (3+ years of experience) |
| Challenge Type | Invite Based |
| Participation Type | Individual Event |
| Event Flow | Refer to the HackerRank Academy course |
| Examples |
Host Internal Hackathons to Ignite New Product Ideas
Purpose: Engage internal audiences with hackathons to generate new ideas that can be developed into products.
| Topic | HackerRank Recommendation |
| Use Case | Employee Engagement |
| Question Type | File Upload |
| Target Audience | Mid-to-senior professionals (3+ years of experience) |
| Challenge Type | Team Based |
| Participation Type | Team Event |
| Event Flow | Refer to the HackerRank Academy course |