Integrations
Assessments
HackerRank
7 min
this guide will walk you through integrating your hackerrank account with ashby, allowing you to use hackerrank tests as assessments in your interview plans and send out live hackerrank interview links please note that this integration is only available on hackerrank’s custom pricing plans getting started checklist open a browser tab with ashby on the https //app ashbyhq com/admin/integrations/marketplace page open another browser tab with hackerrank on the https //www hackerrank com/work/settings/integrations page add the integration in ashby starting from the https //app ashbyhq com/admin/integrations/marketplace page, click on the hackerrank integration tile, and then click the green enable hackerrank button once that’s done, you should see a panel to configure keys for the integration note you’ll come back here to input your hackerrank api key, once you have it click the ashby api key drop down to create or select an existing one for this integration if you are selecting an existing ashby api key for this integration, please ensure your ashby api key has write access to the candidates set of endpoints, as this contains the assessment update endpoint, which will be used to send data back to ashby about the assessment note while it says to copy this api key, you do not need to copy this one this api key is just used to control access for the hackerrank integration untitled get the hackerrank api key next, we need to get an api key from hackerrank, so that ashby can interact with hackerrank set up your hackerrank api key by going to their integrations page https //www hackerrank com/work/settings/integrations click configure on the ashby tile in the list click the generate api token button in the box that appears, click copy and close to copy the api token, and copy it somewhere temporarily for the next step go back to ashby https //app ashbyhq com/admin/integrations/marketplace , and enter your new hackerrank api key in the topmost box in the ashby hackerrank settings (same place where you started with the ashby api key setup initially) now you're all set to use hackerrank tests in your interview plans! using the integration hackerrank requires that the ashby user’s email address match that of an active hackerrank for work account only ashby users with hackerrank for work accounts will be able to send assessments from ashby now that the integration is configured, you can start sending hackerrank take home assessments and hackerrank live interview links to candidates configuring a hackerrank assessment to add an interview assessment at the interview plan level, go to the interview plan you want to update and click on + activity on the stage you want to add a hackerrank take home assessment to click on hackerrank from the list of activities that opens on the right side of the page and select the assessment or interview you’d like candidates to complete at this interview stage when a candidate reaches the stage the interview is assigned to, an activity will show up on their profile indicating that they should be sent an assessment cleanshot 2022 12 12 at 12 37 06\@2x png to send an assessment to a candidate, click on start assessment on the activity on the candidate’s profile configuring hackerrank live interviews you can automatically attach live interview links to interview invitations when scheduling an interview in ashby or when creating a schedule interview activity if adding the interview to a schedule interview activity, you can enable the attach a hackerrank interview? option on the communications tab the interview link will be included in both interviewer and candidate invitations