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Should I use HackerEarth?

AI powered interviews and assessment - hackerearth.com

Depends. Buy if you screen developers at volume and want hackathon-driven sourcing; HCL, HPE, Amazon and ZS all use it. Skip it if you hire a few engineers a year or need published pricing — it is sales-led and overkill for small teams.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 20+ public sources; no public pricing figures found, quotes omitted because source snippets were truncated.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

Custom quote

Recruit / Assessments

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
OnScreen (AI interviews with KYC)Custom

Best for

  • High-volume developer hiring
  • Campus and hiring-challenge pipelines
  • Enterprise hackathons for sourcing
  • IT services firms screening engineers

Not for

  • Teams hiring a few engineers a year — overkill
  • Buyers wanting published, self-serve pricing
  • Non-developer roles
  • Small teams without recruiting ops to run assessments

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Pricing is quote-based; negotiate before committing — no self-serve option

medium

Recruit and OnScreen AI interviews are priced and sold separately

medium

Proctoring and Smart Browser can break on locked-down or blocked networks

Pros and cons

Pros

  • 900 G2 reviews across its product suite
  • Reviewers praise how easy assessments are to use
  • Suite spans coding tests, AI interviews, proctoring, hackathons
  • Named customers include HCL, HPE, Amazon Alexa, ZS Associates
  • Built-in hackathons and hiring challenges double as sourcing

Cons

  • No published pricing; custom sales quotes only
  • Candidates frequently complain about test experience and proctoring
  • Product security page currently returns a 404
  • Proctoring friction draws candidate backlash on Reddit

Sources & method

Analyzed 10/05/2026 - 16 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x6review x7security x2news x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 16

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Marketed as competitive; actual pricing opaque
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Reviewers praise easy assessment setup
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Assessments, AI interviews, proctoring, hackathons bundled
  • Support quality. No evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 3/5. No public breaches; security page 404s
  • 900 G2 reviews across all HackerEarth products
  • 3.2/5 AmbitionBox rating 50+ employee reviews of the company
  • $4.5M Funding raised 2017, including DHI Group

Pricing

Recruit / Assessments

Not disclosed

  • Coding assessments and AI interviews
  • Volume discounts via sales

OnScreen (AI interviews with KYC)

Not disclosed

  • AI-proctored interviews
  • Separate pricing page

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Employer reviewers praise ease of use and assessment quality, while candidates on Reddit frequently complain about tests, proctoring, and the hiring experience.

Alternatives

Compare HackerEarth with each alternative.

  • HackerRank

    Category leader with a larger question library

  • Coderbyte

    Cheaper, simpler option for small teams

  • TestGorilla

    Published pricing; covers non-technical roles too

Companies that use it

  • HCL Technologies11
  • HPE12
  • Amazon (Alexa)13
  • ZS Associates
  • Nutanix
Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources; no public pricing figures found, quotes omitted because source snippets were truncated.

Solid tech-assessment suite for volume developer hiring; opaque pricing and proctoring gripes make it overkill for small teams.

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources; no public pricing figures found, quotes omitted because source snippets were truncated.

Sources

  1. HackerEarth Products | Read 900 Reviews on G2g2.com
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  2. HackerEarth Assessments Reviews & Product Detailsg2.com
    review
  3. HackerEarth Assessments Reviews - AWS Marketplaceaws.amazon.com
    review
  4. HackerEarth test experience felt... (Reddit, r/MLQuestions)reddit.com
    review
  5. Any one has experience with HackerEarth Smart browser (Reddit)reddit.com
    review
  6. HackerEarth Reviews by 50+ Employees | Rated 3.2/5ambitionbox.com
    review
  7. HackerEarth Pricing – Choose Your Best Fithackerearth.com
    official
  8. Pricing With Discounthackerearth.com
    official
  9. Pricing | AI Interviews with KYC | HackerEarth OnScreenhackerearth.com
    official
  10. India: HackerEarth raises $4.5m from DHI Group, othersdealstreetasia.com
    news
  11. HCL Technologies customer storyhackerearth.com
    official
  12. HPE customer storyhackerearth.com
    official
  13. Amazon Alexa hackathon case studyhackerearth.com
    official
  14. Reviewing all 43 of the technical assessment platformscoderbyte.com
    review
  15. SSL Server Test - www.hackerearth.comssllabs.com
    security
  16. How HackerEarth is preparing for GDPRchandigarh-university-tomato-grand-challenge.hackerearth.com
    security

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