HackerRank

HackerRank is a technical hiring platform for coding assessments and interviews. In 2026 its pitch centers on hiring developers who combine engineering fundamentals with fluency in AI tools, on the view that developers now plan, build and review code with AI rather than writing every line by hand.

Its newest product is Chakra, which HackerRank calls an agentic interviewer. Chakra opens a canvas with a realistic problem, such as fixing reported bugs in an existing codebase, watches how the candidate works, and evaluates judgment, critical thinking and AI fluency. Candidates can use AI models inside the task, and the report weights scores across sections and competencies, such as AI fluency and hands on coding.

HackerRank describes four principles for its assessments. Tasks should be real work in a working codebase rather than puzzles. Evaluation should cover the process of planning and reviewing with AI, not only the final output. Integrity checks flag suspicious behavior such as unauthorized tools, extra devices or outside help. Results should follow a clear rubric linked to evidence, and HackerRank says scores are regularly audited for bias across race, ethnicity and gender, with controls designed to support EEOC compliance.

HackerRank also runs a developer community that it says has more than 30 million members who practice skills and join hackathons, and customers can hire from that pool directly.

How it fits on TrueIQ: HackerRank sits in the technical hiring part of this category, next to Codility. Both now accept that candidates use AI, so the question shifts from whether someone can recall syntax to whether they can direct and check AI generated code. If you are preparing to take a coding test, practicing on realistic multifile tasks will help more than memorizing puzzles. Pricing is on the HackerRank site.