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HackerRank Tests evaluate candidates' coding and technical skills through a variety of question types. These questions are tailored to match the specific requirements of technical roles. Below is an overview of the supported question types.

Question Types

Question Type Overview
Coding

These questions require you to write programs or logic to produce the desired output.

  • Complexity: Varies from basic to advanced levels.
  • Programming Languages: Specific to the role requirements.
  • Features: An integrated code editor with a compiler. Test cases validate the correctness of the code.
Database 

Database programming questions to test SQL proficiency.

  • Database Systems: MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL, or DB2.
  • Skills: Write queries for data storage, retrieval, and management.
Approximate Solution

Solve programming questions with custom validation logic.

  • Features: A custom checker validates test cases after execution.
Front-End Developer 

These questions assess your ability to build web applications.

  • Frameworks: Angular, React, Node.js, and other custom frameworks.
  • Tools: Includes an IDE for testing code in online or offline modes.
Back-End Developer 

Questions on server-side application development.

  • Frameworks: Node.js, Django, Ruby on Rails, Java Spring Boot, and others.
  • Tools: Access to a back-end project environment and IDE.
Full Stack Developer 

Evaluate both front-end and back-end development capabilities.

  • Frameworks: Angular, React.js, Node.js, Django, Ruby on Rails, and others.
  • Tools: Access to IDEs for both front-end and back-end coding.
Data Science

Assess skills in data processing and machine learning.

  • Environment: Jupyter Notebooks for coding.
  • Options: Upload additional files for evaluation or external datasets.
DevOps 

Questions on Linux-based system tasks.

  • Tasks: Installation of packages, file creation, and command-line operations.
  • Environment: Includes access to a virtual Linux machine.
Cloud 

Designed to assess Cloud computing skills.

  • Cloud Providers: AWS, Azure
  • Interface: The HackerRank platform provides a temporary Cloud provider account with access to the UI console, allowing you to solve real-world cloud problems during the test.
HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Evaluate your skills in web page design and development.

  • Expectations: Develop responsive web pages using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Preview: View real-time results of your code in a browser.
Code Review

Questions to review and provide feedback on code changes.

  • Interface: Inline commenting for code review.
Mobile Developer 

Upload files as responses to the given questions.
Multiple Choice  Support for Android (Java and Kotlin) and React Native questions.
Complete Sentence Fill in the blanks with the correct word or phrase to complete the sentence.
Subjective

Open-ended questions to assess your unique perspective on a given topic. You are expected to write answers in plain text.
Diagram

Create diagrams like flowcharts or architectural visuals.

  • Tool: Integrated with draw.io for diagram creation.
File Upload Upload files as responses to the given questions.
Whiteboard

Use the whiteboard interface to draw or annotate using the available basic shapes and text.

 

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