Content Updates: FMA, 2026

HackerEarth is pleased to share the latest content additions to our library.

This update focuses on expanding non-technical assessment coverage, strengthening DevOps and security evaluation, and introducing support for emerging technologies — ensuring comprehensive, real-world-ready assessments across roles and skill levels.

Content Summary

Non-Tech Library Additions

• A major expansion of 3,330 MCQs and 695 Subjective questions added to the non-technical assessment library, structured across two categories:
• Category A — Power / Behavioral Skills: Covers workplace behaviours, interpersonal effectiveness, and leadership traits — including communication, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, stakeholder management, and more.
• Category B — Domain / Functional Skills: Covers role-specific knowledge across business, finance, operations, and industry verticals — including banking, HR, sales, marketing, supply chain, legal, and 20+ other domains.
• For a full breakdown of topics and subtopics covered, see: Non-Tech Library: Full Topic Coverage — Category A & B

DevOps Additions

Two new VM-based DevOps questions covering core multi-VM infrastructure skills, including:

• Infrastructure provisioning
• Key-based SSH connectivity
• Multi-tier application setup

Additionally, new Cybersecurity questions include 5 Cybersecurity project/assessment questions

Candidates are expected to review provided project code and submit identified bugs with Method, Description, and Evidence in a structured JSON format — simulating real-world security audits.

Project Additions

Embedded C

New project questions assessing low-level hardware control using C, with hardware abstracted via HAL — no physical device required.

Concepts covered:

• Threshold-based hardware control (sensor reading and actuator control)
• Finite State Machine (state transitions, persistence, emergency override)
• Ring Buffer (circular buffer implementation for noisy sensor data)
• PWM (mapping sensor averages to LED brightness via duty cycle)

Tags: Embedded C, Embedded Systems, GPIO Control, ADC Sensor Reading, Pulse Width Modulation

Swift

HackerEarth now supports Swift 5.9.1 for backend/SDK-logic-based assessments. Key highlights:

• Custom project setup built around Swift on Linux (no UI; outputs validated via console logs and delegate callbacks)
• Test framework: JUnit (adapted from XCTest for platform compatibility)

SQL — ETL Assessment

A new Category of Assessment that goes beyond basic query testing:

• Creating staging schemas
• Building dimension and fact tables with transformations
• Creating analytical view tables
• Handling real-world data quality issues (duplicates, inconsistent formats, invalid references)

This simulates a complete ETL pipeline, giving a realistic signal of a candidate's data engineering capability.

Selenium + Playwright

• 3 new questions combining Selenium and Playwright support within a single question
• Available in C#, JavaScript, and Java

Agentic AI

• 3 new questions evaluating agentic AI workflow design and implementation — assessing candidates on orchestration, tool use, and multi-step reasoning patterns.
• Covers autonomous agent architecture, including planning loops, memory management, and dynamic tool selection across multi-step tasks.
• This marks an expansion of HackerEarth's AI assessment capabilities into agentic paradigms, enabling organizations to identify candidates equipped for the next wave of AI-driven development.

Cyber Security & CTF

• 1 Project + 2 Subjective + 2 Programming questions focused on security review and Capture the Flag scenarios
• Candidates review provided code, identify vulnerabilities, and submit structured findings (Method, Description, Evidence) as a JSON file

At HackerEarth, we continue to enhance our content library to ensure assessments remain practical, skill-focused, and future-ready. These additions enable organizations to evaluate candidates more effectively across technical depth, security awareness, and emerging technology stacks.