Hiring is hard — no doubt. Identifying the top technical skills that you should hire for is even harder. But we’ve got your back.  Based on the hiring trends we have seen on… Read More

In the fast-paced tech world, finding the right talent is paramount. For years, HackerEarth has empowered tech recruiters to identify top talent through targeted skill assessments and engagi… Read More

In tech or coding assessments, subjective questions are open-ended questions that require the candidate to provide a more detailed or nuanced response than a simple yes or no answer. These q… Read More

This year, as the industry went through a hiring freeze, we at HackerEarth took the time to elevate our product lineup so that recruiters are better equipped to face the post-freeze challeng… Read More

In today’s dynamic business landscape, organizations are constantly seeking ways to optimize their talent acquisition strategies to attract and retain top performers. The traditional w… Read More

System design interviews are becoming increasingly popular, and important, as the digital systems we work with become more complex. The term ‘system’ here refers to any set of in… Read More

In the dynamic world of technical recruiting, where skills testing forms the cornerstone of the selection process, we have a potent tool waiting to be harnessed to its fullest potential &nda&hell…Read More

I recently came across this post on Reddit, and though it was posted about 3 years ago, it wonderfully encapsulates every senior engineer’s aversion towards technical assessments. This… Read More

This article was written by Alwayne Powell, the Senior Digital Marketing Manager at 8×8 contact centre and communication platform. You can find them on LinkedIn.  As we embrace th… Read More

Artificial intelligence is becoming an indelible part of modern business in every industry and every niche. Business leaders in all sectors nowadays have a golden opportunity to leverage con… Read More

One of the most widely used programming languages in the world, C++ is about 4 decades old. In comparison, Blockchain tech only arrived at the scene sometime in 2008, and is still considered… Read More

Business organizations are constantly trying to keep up-to-date with current trends, and this includes adopting the latest technology to assist with learning and development. After all, a we… Read More

The truth is, engineers no more look forward to job positions that offer only a great salary. They are growing increasingly biased towards roles that challenge their expertise and companies… Read More

This article was written with insights from James Deverick at Sage The current state of workplace DE&I When it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), it’s crucial t… Read More

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has permeated virtually every industry, transforming operations and interactions. The tech recruitment sector is no exception, and AI’s influence shapes th… Read More

This is a guest post by Harshala Chavan, founder of Merrative. A stronghold of technical concepts is necessary to write about any specific technology. But writing and coding are distinct ski… Read More

From nerve-wracking job interviews to the nail-biting waiting period, navigating the tech industry’s hiring process is often a roller coaster of emotions. Add in the additional layer o… Read More

Imagine hiring a candidate that is the perfect fit for your company. With unbeatable technical skills, impressive communication skills, and a good team player. Who doesn’t want that? B… Read More

“Every hire is an investment for a company. A good hire will give you a higher ROI; if it is a bad hire, it will cost you a lot of time and money.” Especially in tech hiring! An… Read More

If you are craving some stability and have had enough adventures, then you are definitely not alone. Over the last 3 years, I’ve had enough of rollercoaster rides – metaphoricall… Read More

Before you invest in hiring an employee, you need to ask yourself this one question: “What is the cost of hiring a new employee?” The costs involved in every organization are dif… Read More

Let’s face it—cheating on tests is quite common. While technology has made a lot of things easier in tech recruiting, it has also left the field wide open to malpractice. A 2020… Read More

Lately, you are finding it difficult to onboard talented candidates. You notice a lot of candidates are dropping off at the job application stage, some have stopped replying to you after the… Read More

At the time of writing this, we’re all in the middle of a meltdown in the tech industry. Companies like Meta have had to lay off up to 13% of their workforce, and Amazon had to trim th… Read More

The age of artificial intelligence is finally here. With the advent of technology, a lot of work is being automated and it is creating an impact in every sector. ChatGPT made a public debut… Read More

“Interns are the bottom of the surgical food chain” — Dr. Bailey, Grey’s Anatomy I’m sure a lot of you are familiar with this quote from the popular medical dra… Read More

As a recruiter, I want to send a message to all the busy hiring managers out there: some of us want to be your new best friend.  No, seriously! No one gets it quite like us. We understa… Read More

Imagine this: You went to a restaurant for lunch. There is a 30 min wait period and you decide to wait since you heard great things about their food. After 45 minutes, you get a table but th… Read More

You won’t attract most candidates – no matter how hard you sell or how much employer branding content you drown them in (even if it’s dipped in caramel chocolate). They&rsq&hell…Read More

Few people know of it, but me and Vivek had started working on HackerEarth even before we graduated from college. To be specific we were working on MyCareerStack, but few things that we did… Read More

In job interviews, candidates expect to be asked questions about their skills and experience to see if they’re the best fit for the role. Personal life has little to do with job perfor… Read More

What happens when you have been consistently ordering a Margherita pizza and a Choco lava cake every time you visit Domino’s Pizza? Well, you know the exact order you want to place. Yo… Read More

This article was written by Travis Gravette, CEO of Abenity—an employee perks program In today’s modern world, the benefits package of old that our grandparents and even parents… Read More

Host 20 meetings, record everything and report to your boss, find 10 developers for a brand-new project, help newcomers find their place in the office…sounds like a lot, but it’… Read More

Hire IQ by HackerEarth is a new initiative in which we speak with recruiters, talent acquisition managers, and hiring managers from across the globe, and ask them pertinent questions on the… Read More

As a recruiter, you know how painful it is to hire the wrong candidate (or who is not suitable for the job role). Hiring the right candidate is a challenging job. Nevertheless, we are in 202… Read More

Layoffs in the IT industry are becoming more widespread as companies fight to remain competitive in a fast-changing market; many turn to layoffs as a cost-cutting measure. Last year, 1,000 c… Read More

I have to manually sort through 348 applications for an open role, talk to hiring managers about new vacancies, and handle admin work. But this is nothing, I can still take up nurturing cand… Read More

2023 is here, and it is time to look ahead. Start planning your tech hiring needs as per your business requirements, revamp your recruiting processes, and come up with creative ways to land… Read More

You are likely to fall back on your recruitment process if you don’t use candidate relationship management software. When you have the software integrated into your recruitment process… Read More

This article was written by Sanketee Kher, a freelance content writer for B2B SaaS. Are you looking to catapult your HR career to new heights? To stay up-to-date on industry trends, network… Read More

Before we begin, let me share a bit about our journey. At Amadeus for Developers, we offer travel data and services to developers across the world through REST APIs. Thanks to HackerEarth&rs&hell…Read More

The business world has seen more paradigm shifts in the last couple of years than typically seen in a decade. We have seen everything from rising demand for remote work to mass layoffs. Amid… Read More

Hire IQ by HackerEarth is a new initiative in which we speak with recruiters, talent acquisition managers, and hiring managers from across the globe, and ask them pertinent questions on the… Read More

Hiring Freeze! There is nothing more frustrating to a recruiter than this phrase. It doesn’t matter if you are a human resources representative for a company or a recruitment agency. A… Read More

When a company allows writers to contribute guest blog posts, their goal is not just to get an in-depth researched article for free on their blog. They focus on: Getting backlinks Encoura… Read More

Picture this: You are sitting in the conference room with the leadership team. The team asks you about the roadmap for the company’s hybrid campus hiring strategy. It’s been week… Read More

Indeed it’s true that 2020 was a tough year for the whole world to handle. However, the adverse effect of the pandemic also created new opportunities for people. It changed the way com… Read More

Goodbyes are dreadful. Especially, when they come one after the other—from your employees who joined just 6 months back. “They are just running after a competitive salary.”… Read More

In a mythical land far, far away… Tech recruiters and talent acquisition specialists have been rumored to live in harmony with unicorns and purple squirrels. In this magical world of… Read More

New year. New you. New recruitment trends. And with this, you need to tweak your ongoing strategies to find the best tech talent. Some trends will continue to stay the same while others will… Read More

An employer brand plays a crucial role in the employee value proposition. It essentially refers to what the organization has successfully communicated as its identity to its current and pote… Read More

What is online proctoring? Online proctoring is a way to administer exams remotely using a computer and webcam. The proctor (a person who supervises an exam) can watch and listen to the exam… Read More

Isabella is a recruiter at a multinational company with 1000+ employees. Her responsibility is to recruit the top talent—which she performs well by consistently looking for candidates… Read More

Like an onion’s skin, recruiters uncover multiple layers in their recruitment process: sourcing, screening, and evaluation to find the best talent with the modern tech recruiting strat… Read More

Skill assessment software has become the new buzzword in the software development industry. Recruiters are looking for highly skilled candidates to handle their software development duties… Read More

Some days ago, we polled our Twitter and LinkedIn community and asked them if they would ever take another job at the company that laid them off. This was the result. The two years of the p… Read More

Hiring skilled personnel is the top priority for any HR manager, as the organization’s success is directly linked to the quality of professionals in its ranks. For an IT organization… Read More

Automation and digitalization are the two most potent driving forces transforming modern societies rapidly. Most countries are investing heavily in these two technologies, increasing the dem… Read More

18% of hiring managers state that finding qualified entry-level technology talent has become even more complex over the last year (an 8% increase from 2021). Enter hackathons! Hackathon… Read More

On any given day, you can be sure that there are tons of tech roles that are always in demand, the game is to know which ones. One reason for that is the ever-advancing technology and its re… Read More

In the third edition of HackerEarth’s flagship tech conference – Hire 10(1), our keynote speaker from Adobe, Mr. Mino Thomas, used a word I hadn’t heard before in tech recr… Read More

When working at the office, tasks can be accomplished easily using the internet. The physical presence of every teammate also helps a lot. When working remotely, all this cannot be possible… Read More

18% of hiring managers state that finding qualified entry-level technology talent has become even more complex over the last year (an 8% increase from 2021). This is where pre-employment ass… Read More

Team members who work remotely face communication challenges every day. The digital work environment brings a host of challenges for organizations and they need to proactively take steps to… Read More

In recent years, multiple avenues have opened up for successful tech hiring and hackathons are one of everyone’s favorites. Apart from helping various tech corporations gain skilled em… Read More

Picture this: your employee is on vacation. Before taking their time off, they submitted all the tasks assigned. But, the manager reviewed their work after they left and drops them messages… Read More

We all love tasks when they are simplified, don’t we? FaceCode is an online coding assessment platform that renders the interview process simple. With it you can conduct remote intervi… Read More

Like with any other job role, in order to be a successful developer, you have to possess the required coding skills. It can also be referred to as the building blocks of a great developer. T… Read More

Recruitment, in general, has undergone several transformations in recent years and it comes as no surprise that most of these were influenced by technological advancements. This applies to n… Read More

We at HackerEarth are excited to announce that the first physical edition of Hire 10(1) held on August 25th, 2022 in Bangalore was a roaring success! We have been virtually hosting this tech… Read More

“If you want your people to think, don’t give instructions, give intent.” – David Marquet, US Navy A little over a year ago, just as the second wave was picking up, w… Read More

Due to the number of increasing use cases, Java is among the most used programming languages right now. This goes without saying, the demand for Java developers is never-ending. As per Stack… Read More

Hire IQ by HackerEarth is a new initiative in which we speak with recruiters, talent acquisition managers, and hiring managers from across the globe, and ask them pertinent questions on the… Read More

Cybersecurity is among the most critical aspects of building an online business and it goes without saying it needs to have an expert to make sure everything is in place. Without good cybers… Read More

Mobile phones are no longer just a ‘telephony device’ used for communicating with your friends and family. It has transformed into a robust channel that helps in accomplishing a… Read More

Artificial intelligence has generated a lot of buzz lately. Popular AI techniques like computer vision and object recognition have revolutionized the scope of working across healthcare, scie… Read More

A few years ago, the concept of working remotely or hybrid-working was quite far-fetched for the general public. No one really gave it a thought, and as we all know, that changed in 2020. Th… Read More

The skills gap is real. There’s no way around it and it has only been increasing exponentially. Nearly one-third of employers surveyed in the Future Of Work 2022 report by Monster agre… Read More

The future is now! Every aspect of handling a business has seen a significant change in recent years and quite a lot of it is due to a storm of post-COVID technological advancements. From AI… Read More

Hiring DEV Talent: SQL Interview Questions With SQL taking its place among the most popular developing languages for the management of data, as per this 2021 report by Statista, SQL is prett… Read More

The perks of working from home definitely outweigh what working in an office environment has to offer. From travel time being eliminated to offering people flexible working timings, the conc… Read More

Having a diversity and inclusion strategy for an organization helps foster a diverse workplace where everyone feels comfortable and accepted and to leverage diversity as a driving force for… Read More

The tech industry was one of the hardest hit industries due to the Great Resignation. More than 4.5 million people in the U.S. voluntarily left their jobs in November, according to the U.S B… Read More

Hiring and talent acquisition are the cornerstones of business growth. When you need to scale your business, you look at the recruiting teams to bring in the talent needed for success. Hirin… Read More

On-campus recruiting has been decreasing in popularity over the years. Running up high travel costs and being time-intensive is less than ideal in today’s fast-paced tech industry. The… Read More

Dogfooding. Hmm, maybe something my pet Labrador would love to chat about.Thus thought I, when this topic first landed on my desk. Oh, how wrong I was! The term ‘dogfooding’ has… Read More

If we recruiters dream, it would be about how easy tech recruitment could be—create a job vacancy post, watch the applications pour in, and then, pick the best out of them. Just like t… Read More

The pandemic has resulted in a new kind of workplace burnout—making employee well-being more critical than ever. An Indeed survey reports 67% of all workers believe the pandemic has wo… Read More

The job market is always changing – and with it, the way companies recruit and hire new employees. From in-person interviews to virtual job interviews to now job simulations, companies… Read More

The future of coding is difficult to predict because different people have unique perspectives and sectors in which they work. For example, an IT employee would see things differently than s… Read More

Businesses around the world are constantly evolving and with that comes new opportunities for companies to improve their operations and grow their reach. One of the most exciting and rapidly… Read More

Before the pandemic, companies that wanted to hire coders would call them in for a technical round that was conducted at the office premises. Sometimes, there would be an onsite attached to… Read More

Hiring top-tier talent is one of the most important elements of the startup puzzle and yet, it is the hardest thing to get right. Technology is advancing at the speed of light with innovatio… Read More

Hire IQ by HackerEarth is a new initiative in which we speak with recruiters, talent acquisition managers, and hiring managers from across the globe, and ask them pertinent questions on the… Read More

Two years of the world adapting to new ways of working and the tech industry has pretty much seen it all. From working fully remote to transitioning to hybrid work models, recruiters know wh… Read More

Are you worried about the great resignation in tech? This is a problem that is affecting businesses all over the world. But don’t worry, there are things that you can do to prevent it… Read More

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has changed the rules of the game in the workplace forever. There were countless shifts in different spheres of the labor force, and the transformation isn&rsqu&hell…Read More

Ever since the pandemic hit, employers have had to fill positions without requiring candidates to go through an extensive in-person interview process. As a result, many companies have turned… Read More

The great resignation has been on the minds of many IT organizations and their business leaders ever since nearly 4 million people quit their jobs back in November 2021. Consequently, hiring… Read More