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Re:The Problem with Using HackerRank as a Programmer Screeni... by anilgulecha on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @04:13AM (#15968136)
(I work at Hackerrank)

> an online judge necessarily imposes more rigid constraints because of the automated verification

The platform is evolving to not be as rigid anymore as well. For example, we have a product (in a closed beta) which assess candidates on complete projects (eg: build a nodejs app that defines this api and behavior), and testing and scoring is based on unit test cases.

This way, you are testing for more real-world usecases, and also allowing the flexibility beyond straight IO.

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Re:The Problem with Using HackerRank as a Programmer Screeni... by finnthehuman on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @08:10AM (#15969180)
That's still just as rigid, it's just increasing scope of the deliverable so a smaller portion overall has to be dedicated to complying with your rigidity.
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Re:The Problem with Using HackerRank as a Programmer Screeni... by drdrey on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @12:24PM (#15971628)
Interesting, thanks for jumping in! I'd be happy to revise my judgment when I see the new product in action
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