Evaluation of a Question During Test Time-Out
Last updated: August 8, 2025
There are scenarios to code auto-submission during test time-out for different question types in HackerRank.
Definitions: Saving and Submitting a Question in a Test
Run Code: Compiles/executes a single test case in a question (can be a sample test case or a custom input).
Run Test: Compiles/executes all the test cases for a question.
Submit: Explicit submission of the question solution (solution can be submitted multiple times).
Question Type | Candidate Action | Outcome During a Test Time-Out |
Coding, Database, Approximate Solution | Run Code: No | Typed code will not be considered for evaluation. |
Coding, Database, Approximate Solution | Run Code: Yes | The latest submitted code will be considered for evaluation. |
Coding, Database, Approximate Solution | Run Code: Yes | The outcome of the recent Run Test action is considered for evaluation. |
Coding, Database, Approximate Solution | Run Code: Yes | The outcome of the recent Run Code action is considered for evaluation. |
Coding, Database, Approximate Solution | Modifies answer after submitting code once, but: Run Code: Yes/No | The last submitted code will be considered for evaluation. |
HTML, CSS, JS | Render: Yes | The latest submitted code will be considered for evaluation. |
Projects: Front-End, Back-End, Full Stack, Mobile Development | Run Test: Yes/No **Submit/Save & Proceed: Yes/No | The last change made by the candidate will be considered for evaluation. Note: The code will not be saved if the repository size exceeds 25MB. |
Projects: DevOps, Cloud, and Data Science | **Submit/Save & Proceed: Yes/No | The last change made by the candidate will be considered for evaluation. Note: The code will not be saved if the repository size exceeds 25MB. |
MCQ, Sentence Completion, Subjective, File Upload, Diagram, Whiteboard, Code Review | Not Applicable | Selected/given answers will be auto-saved and considered for evaluation. |
*Run Test is applicable only in the new candidate experience.
**Submit is applicable in the existing candidate experience, and Save & Proceed is applicable in the new candidate experience.
