Sorry we made you grind LeetCode
HackerRank's CEO apologized for LeetCode hiring and launched Chakra, an agentic interviewer.
Vivek, HackerRank co-founder and CEO, said the company helped normalize algorithmic interviews that measure preparation more than software-building skill. HackerRank is shifting from LeetCode-style questions to repository tasks, scoring AI fluency and judgment inside an agentic environment. Those changes are packaged as Chakra, which gives candidates a realistic problem and AI tools, then asks why they chose an approach and how they validated generated code.
- HackerRank CEO apologized for normalizing LeetCode-style interviews
- Chakra tests repository work, AI fluency, and judgment
- Candidates use AI tools and must explain validation choices
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Back I’m Vivek, co-founder/ceo of HackerRank. We’re sorry we made you grind leetcode. That line is on billboards around SF now.
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