HackerRank

HackerRank is a developer skills platform used by companies to screen, interview, and upskill technical talent, and by more than 26 million developers to practice coding and earn skill certifications. Its products include Screen (automated coding assessments), Interview (collaborative real-time coding interviews), Engage (technical hiring events and hackathons), and SkillUp. HackerRank for Work exposes a public REST API (v3) so customers can programmatically manage tests, candidates, questions, interviews, and results, and integrate assessments into their own applicant-tracking and hiring workflows. This API Evangelist profile catalogs HackerRank's developer surface and the enrichment artifacts derived from it.

HackerRank publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Developer Skills, Technical Hiring, Coding Assessment, and Recruiting.

HackerRank’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, support, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, authentication, and 6 more developer resources.

26.5/100 emerging Agent 14/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
1 APIs 0 Features
CompanyDeveloper SkillsTechnical HiringCoding AssessmentRecruitingInterviewingEducationDeveloper Tools

API Rating

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
Composite quality — 26.5/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 8.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 14/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs

HackerRank for Work API

REST API (v3) for HackerRank for Work. Lets customers programmatically manage tests, candidates, questions, interviews, and results, and integrate coding assessments into their ...

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: hackerrank
name: HackerRank
description: HackerRank is a developer skills platform used by companies to screen, interview, and upskill technical talent,
  and by more than 26 million developers to practice coding and earn skill certifications. Its products include Screen (automated
  coding assessments), Interview (collaborative real-time coding interviews), Engage (technical hiring events and hackathons),
  and SkillUp. HackerRank for Work exposes a public REST API (v3) so customers can programmatically manage tests, candidates,
  questions, interviews, and results, and integrate assessments into their own applicant-tracking and hiring workflows. This
  API Evangelist profile catalogs HackerRank's developer surface and the enrichment artifacts derived from it.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hackerrank/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- battery-ventures
- y-combinator
x-tier: profile
x-tier-reason: has-public-api
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
image: https://www.hackerrank.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hackerrank_logo.png
tags:
- Company
- Developer Skills
- Technical Hiring
- Coding Assessment
- Recruiting
- Interviewing
- Education
- Developer Tools
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- name: HackerRank for Work API
  description: REST API (v3) for HackerRank for Work. Lets customers programmatically manage tests, candidates, questions,
    interviews, and results, and integrate coding assessments into their own hiring and applicant-tracking workflows. Authenticated
    with a per-account bearer API key.
  humanURL: https://www.hackerrank.com/work/apidocs
  baseURL: https://www.hackerrank.com/x/api/v3
  tags:
  - Coding Assessment
  - Technical Hiring
  - Candidates
  - Tests
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.hackerrank.com/work/apidocs
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/hackerrank-authentication.yml
common:
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.hackerrank.com/work/apidocs
- type: Documentation
  url: https://support.hackerrank.com/hc/en-us
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.hackerrank.com/work/apidocs
- type: Support
  url: https://support.hackerrank.com/hc/en-us
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.hackerrank.com/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.hackerrank.com/pricing/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.hackerrank.com/get-started
- type: Login
  url: https://www.hackerrank.com/access-account
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.hackerrank.com/about-us/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.hackerrank.com/about-us/privacy
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/hackerrank-authentication.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/hackerrank-well-known.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hackerrank-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence