April 2018: Introducing a brand new (read easier) way to create tests

We have exciting news for you this month. HackerEarth Recruit has been updated with new features to give you an enhanced user experience.

Creating tests based on skills

Even though the job title of a role may remain same from one organization to another, the skills required could differ. For example, Organization A may expect a Frontend developer to be an expert in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS while Organization B may additionally expect expertise in React, Redux etc. This is why we have changed the how tests are created in HackerEarth Recruit from role-based to skill-based.

The test creation flow is as follows:

1. Search for the required skills or select from the drop-down.

     2. Select the relevant experience level.

HackerEarth Recruit adds questions with difficulty levels that match the experience level that you have chosen.

3. Review the questions suggested for your test and create it. 

You can edit the questions or add new ones if required after you have created the test.

Improved test instructions for candidates

Auto-generated instructions are displayed based on the content of the test thus widening the range of test instructions. The latest update ensures that the following instructions are displayed automatically:

• General instructions: Instructions common to all tests. Candidates can view these instructions before starting a test.
• Question-specific instructions: Instructions based on the type of questions added to a test.
• Proctoring instructions: Instructions relevant to the proctoring settings made by you while creating the test.

If you want to provide instructions other than the general guidelines or question-specific/ proctoring instructions, you can add them in the Test instructions section on the Basic details page.

The option to display default instructions from the Basic details page has been removed since all the required instructions are added.

Disclaimer: All the images have been cropped for clarity.

To try these new updates, please write to us at  support@hackerearth.com. We would love to hear from you!