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We spent 10 years helping companies screen developers with take-home tests. But with AI, anyone can ace a take-home. So we rebuilt the stack. Meet the new hiring process.

Our video on Senior Dev vs Junior Dev vs Vibe Coder just crossed 850k views on YouTube 🎉 We're shooting the next one in NYC early next month, and we're looking for all 3 roles. Nominate yourself or someone you know: forms.gle/76qHCGHwKEMdweWP6

🥁 The results for the September edition of HackerRank Orchestrate are in! After 24 hours of building, iterating, and putting AI agents to work on a real-world problem, here are the winners: #1 - Sunny #2 - Shaurya Gupta #3 - Vaivaswat Dubey Congratulations to our winners and a huge thank you to every builder who took part. You made this edition of Orchestrate truly special. 💚 Want to see where you placed? Check out the full leaderboard: hackerrank.com/contests/hack… Stay tuned. The next edition will be here soon!

We have helped 3,000+ companies hire developers and 30M+ developers learn next-gen skills. Now, we're reinventing the company.

HackerRank Orchestrate is back with another edition on September 12! And this time there's a lot more to play for: a $2,400 cash prize pool, $22,000+ in Codex credits, and opportunities with leading tech companies. The last edition brought together builders from nearly 50 countries to design, build, and ship AI agents in a single day. Here's a quick glimpse of what it looked like👇 Ready to orchestrate? Register now: hackerrank.com/hackerrank-or…

HackerRank Orchestrate is back and it's bigger and better than ever before. 30,000 builders from across the world have signed up to compete against one another on September 12th. And this time, there's much more to play for: • $2400 cash prize pool • $22,000+ in Codex credits • Opportunities at leading tech companies • And exclusive HackerRank merch Think you can orchestrate AI agents into building something meaningful? Then don't watch from the sidelines, sign up here: hackerrank.com/hackerrank-or…

Developers today don't write code, they orchestrate agents. And when you’re hiring engineers at a company shaping the future of generative media, figuring out who can actually work well with AI becomes a very important problem. That’s something Harpreet and her team at Adobe think about every day. And here’s why they’re partnering with HackerRank to make that shift.

When a candidate enters HackerRank’s Agentic Development Environment, they do not have to jump straight into code. With Plan Mode, they can use the AI Assistant to understand a problem, explore the existing codebase, and create a plan for the task before they write any code. This reduces unnecessary rework. Candidates can correct misunderstandings or adjust their approach before any code is generated. For hiring teams, this gives a deeper read on AI fluency: how candidates understand the problem, what questions they ask, and how they use AI to decide on an approach to build.

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Can AI help a vibe coder beat a senior developer? Let's find out 👀 Featuring: @ankushdharkar, @ohshinbhat, and @the_natt 💚

The August edition of HackerRank Orchestrate was one for the books. Developers from around the world took on the challenge, while participants from Bengaluru joined us at the HackerRank office to build through the night. Here’s a look at the builds, the late nights, and the energy that made this edition so special. We’re doing it all again on September 12. Sign up for the next edition of HackerRank Orchestrate. hackerrank.com/hackerrank-or…

You can't hire AI-native engineers with a hiring process that bans AI. @DeepLcom knew it. Hear from their EM, @sjsyrek, on how they use HackerRank, where candidates use AI to solve real problems, just like they would on the job.

Your weekend plans just got a little more agentic. Orchestrate is back with the September edition. 24 hours to pick an idea, build an agent, and see how far you can take it. September 12-13 Register now: hackerrank.com/hackerrank-or…

Vibe Coders using Claude Fable to rename variables: Anthropic’s data centre in Indiana:

Make no Mistakes - A O̶r̶i̶g̶i̶n̶a̶l̶ Vibe Coded Song. Enjoy!

Anon, are you a person raised by Claude?

The August edition of Orchestrate brought another exciting challenge for our developer community, and the final standings are here! A huge shoutout to our top performers: #1 Mrinal Desai #2 Caleb Andersen #3 Rifqi Haikal Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who participated and made this edition a great one. Want to know where you ranked? Check out the full leaderboard: hackerrank.com/contests/hack…

The era of asking a candidate to code from scratch is officially over. Coinbase just changed its engineering interview process around "AI Fluency." Because almost 100% of the code they ship today is AI-generated and human-reviewed. Their traditional 45-minute coding tests had two major flaws: > Candidates who simply memorized syntax were passing. > Skilled engineers who were good with AI were failing because they didn’t memorize syntax. Now, candidates work in a real codebase with AI tools. They are evaluated on: 1 - How effectively they use AI 2 - Their ability to catch bugs the model introduces 3 - Their judgment to know when to override the model At HackerRank, our mission is to help companies hire the next generation of developers in environments that mirror the work they do day to day. If your hiring process still revolves around checking syntax, you are hiring for a job that no longer exists. It is time to test the skills that actually matter.

We hosted Orchestrate, our 24 hour agentic hackathon, this Aug 1st. Invited a few builders to do it from our Bangalore office. They had fun. Trust us.

Prove you can work with AI. Then prove you can work without it. @Gartner_inc made two hiring predictions: 1. By 2027, 75% of hiring will screen candidates for AI proficiency. 2. Through 2026, half of companies will require AI-free assessments. So the same candidate, in the same pipeline, gets asked to work with AI and without it. A lot of our customers are running a version of this. The first round runs in Chakra, our AI Interviewer. > AI takes the interview > Goes deep on concepts and asks relevant follow-ups You're checking whether the candidate understands the fundamentals. The second round is a live interview inside an ADE. > They work with the latest AI models > They solve a real task on a codebase And that's perfect. One round tells you a candidate actually understands what they're building. The other tells you they can drive an agent effectively.

The HackerRank Innovator Awards brought some of the leading minds in talent acquisition and engineering to The Ritz-Carlton, Bengaluru, this June. It was an evening of conversations about where tech hiring is headed next, and a celebration of the customers already embracing this shift.

We help companies hire developers who orchestrate agents. Now hiring teams can orchestrate agents too. HackerRank MCP is live. hackerrank.com/work/mcp/docs…

AI lowered the barrier to building, but it didn't lower the bar. The best engineers still stand out because of the decisions they make, the systems they design, and how they bring it all together. That's what Orchestrate is designed to test. August 1–2 Link : hackerrank.com/hackerrank-or…

6/ Get Hiring Insights with the HackerRank MCP The new HackerRank MCP lets AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT securely connect to HackerRank, so you can pull recruiting updates, pipeline summaries, and hiring insights from your own AI.

2/ Plan Mode Watch how candidates think before they code. Plan Mode lets them use AI to explore a problem and shape their approach first, giving you a window into how they tackle complex problems.

1/ Evaluate the Reasoning Behind Candidates' Code with Chakra Chakra, HackerRank's AI interviewer, now opens an in-line code editor, asking candidates to solve a coding question and probing their approach with follow-up questions, so you see how they think, not just the code they produce.

The best developers today don't just write code. They orchestrate agents. Here's what we shipped to help you hire for the agentic era. [Thread]

Guru Bhat leads engineering for AI Foundations at Google, the team building the models everyone else builds on. Work like that needs next-gen engineers. And a hiring platform that evolves as fast as the skills do. That's why his team uses HackerRank.

You can spend another weekend reading about AI. Or spend one building with it. HackerRank Orchestrate is back with a 24-hour challenge designed for developers who'd rather ship than scroll. August 1-2 Register now: hackerrank.com/hackerrank-or…

Founder level experience for an Individual contributor role

Everyone on the TL is still debating LeetCode interviews. We think that fight is already over. Even the next version, interviews with an AI chat inside an IDE, is starting to feel dated. That is not how engineers work anymore. They are not just writing code with a chatbot on the side. They are working in agentic development environments, where the agent sits at the center of the workflow. So we are rebuilding the interview around that. Real code repos. With actual tasks. In the same environment engineers work in today.

All of our team - A to Z - is Out of Office, Wed through Fri. 🎉 Three days to recharge so we can come back and maximize shareholder value. 🙏

The June edition of HackerRank Orchestrate brought together thousands of builders to design, build, and ship AI agents in just 24 hours. Congratulations to our winners! #1 Sristee Shrivastava #2 Hitakshi Arora #3 Swayam Mishra Thanks to everyone who joined us and made this edition such a success.

Coding interviews are starting to look less like LeetCode and more like actual engineering work. Companies get a sharper signal on the skills developers need today. Candidates get an interview that looks closer to the work they will actually do on the job. This is where technical hiring is headed.

AI is changing what it means to be a developer. It is no longer just about writing code, but knowing how to work with agents. That is what HackerRank Orchestrate is built to test. Meet Saai Syvendra, the winner of the May edition, and hear what it takes to stand out in an agentic hackathon. Ready to test your own AI-building skills? HackerRank Orchestrate returns on June 19. Register now: hackerrank.com/hackerrank-or…

In the agentic era, hiring has to test how candidates can actually build with AI. At Zeta, AI is already part of how teams think, build, and solve hard problems in banking technology. So their hiring process has to reflect that reality. The next generation of builders need strong fundamentals, AI fluency, judgment, and business sense. Watch Mithun from Zeta talk about how they are hiring for exactly that in the agentic era.

500+ talent and engineering leaders in one room, making sense of what hiring for the agentic era really looks like. Thank you to all our customers for showing up, and how. Nights like this only happen because of this community. Special thanks to our speakers: Juan Herrera, our President and CRO, @_gurubhat_ from Google, Harpreet Kaur from Adobe, and Atul Sahgal from Cognizant. This was the room where great work finally got its moment. 🏆

Last month thousands of developers from different countries showed up to build AI agents. Now we're back. HackerRank Orchestrate June edition is here to challenge the next generation of AI-native builders. June 19 - 20 | Registrations close 18th June, 7:30 AM PT Register now: hackerrank.com/hackerrank-or…

The night we celebrate innovation!

From building agents online to being celebrated on the Innovator Awards stage. At HackerRank Innovator Awards 2026, we’re proud to felicitate the winner of HackerRank Orchestrate, our agentic hackathon, who joins us all the way from Sri Lanka. Orchestrate was built to spotlight the next generation of AI-native builders. This moment is exactly why. #InnovatorAwards2026 #HackerRankOrchestrate

We’re excited to announce that Juan Herrera, President and Chief Revenue Officer at HackerRank, will deliver the keynote address at the HackerRank Innovator Awards 2026. From developer skills to AI-native hiring, Juan will open the evening with a look at what comes next for the teams building the future.

For the fifth time, we're rolling out the red carpet! HackerRank Innovator Awards 2026 is back!!! A night to celebrate the teams, leaders, and builders shaping the future of tech hiring. #InnovatorAwards026

Developers aren't just writing code anymore. They're orchestrating AI agents, reviewing AI-generated work, and deciding what's safe to ship. The job has changed. The interview process has to keep up. That's what our CEO @rvivek is talking about at @FD1conference, Manhattan on June 16. How leading companies are rethinking technical hiring for the agentic era, and what it actually takes to make the shift. Join us at Columbia's Lerner Hall: fromdayone.com/conferences/2…

Agents are getting better at doing the work. They’re still bad at knowing whether the work is done. That’s one of the hardest problems in long-running agents. They can confidently stop after building half a feature. The fix isn’t just "give it more context." Two patterns matter more, and most teams skip them: 1. Don’t let the builder agent grade its own homework. Use a separate evaluator agent to check the output against clear acceptance criteria. 2. Make failure predictable. Break work into bounded loops with four constraints: Fresh context for each loop, max iterations, stop conditions, and a clear exit criteria. Trustworthy agents need a verifier and a clock. Most teams ship with neither.

Claude Fable 5 is too good. Just made a Claude clone with it. Watch out, Anthropic 👀

If AI Models were people - Ep1 featuring Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Deepseek🤫

Where's the lie?

Anyone can prompt. Few can build systems that actually deliver. HackerRank Orchestrate is where developers prove they can do the second one. 24 hours. Real-world problem. Ship an AI agent that works. June 19 - 20 | Virtual | Registrations close June 18, 8 PM IST Register now: hackerrank.com/hackerrank-or…

Hire for the agentic era.