HackerRank's Chakra AI interviewer leaves beta

HackerRank says Chakra has interviewed over 500,000 job candidates. Their average rating of the experience is 4.8 out of 5. This shows they liked the interview, but does not prove it helps companies hire better developers.

During the interview, candidates use AI to fix bugs in an app. Chakra asks them to explain their choices.

One example on HackerRank's website shows a candidate whose code looked reasonable. Yet they could not explain the changes or why they accepted the AI's suggestions.

Hiring teams get scores with evidence from the candidate's code and a written record of the interview. People decide who to hire.

For developers, writing code with AI is only part of the test. They also need to understand the code and explain their decisions.