I've tried Hacker Rank and fount it garbage. Their problems are terrible for judging the quality of interview candidates. It's not specific to Hacker Rank. I just don't think they're any better than the other pre-interview coding test out there as far as evaluating the strengths of a software engineer.
I've talked to several other developers and even hiring manager about these types of automated tests and I've come to the conclusion that I will no longer take them. I think candidates should refuse them. At the minimum, if a company presents a candidate a programming problem, they should pay them a reasonable amount (~$200 in most markets) and give them a weekend to complete it.
You're going to get work that is more well through out and designed than from the results of a stressful coding interview.
If these university results are based on the ranks of students who have attempted they're challenges, then they're unscientific, they're totally worthless and this blog post is rubbish.
I've talked to several other developers and even hiring manager about these types of automated tests and I've come to the conclusion that I will no longer take them. I think candidates should refuse them. At the minimum, if a company presents a candidate a programming problem, they should pay them a reasonable amount (~$200 in most markets) and give them a weekend to complete it.
You're going to get work that is more well through out and designed than from the results of a stressful coding interview.
If these university results are based on the ranks of students who have attempted they're challenges, then they're unscientific, they're totally worthless and this blog post is rubbish.