# HirePrise

> HirePrise is a next-generation hiring assessment platform by HackCulture. It gives candidates a real work task inside a working project, they complete it, then answer questions about how they solved it. Hiring teams get a simple report telling them whether the candidate is ready to do the job. Official site: https://hireprise.com/

## What HirePrise does

HirePrise runs assessments that mirror the actual job. Candidates open a real repository, read a brief the way work actually arrives, and ship a change that a reviewer could merge. Teams can run a DSA round, an engineering round, or both.

- Hiring tests that look like the job, not an empty editor with a known algorithm
- A real project, a clear brief, and a set time limit
- AI allowed, expected, and measured — every prompt in the session is captured
- A candidate report that tells you whether to hire, with evidence behind every claim

## Why HirePrise

Test how they think and how they build. Run the DSA round for core fundamentals, the engineering round for real-world execution, or both.

| | DSA round | Engineering round |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The task | Solve a known algorithm problem | Fix a bug, add a feature, or improve a design in an existing codebase |
| Starting point | An empty editor | A real, working project, set up the way your team’s is |
| The brief | Input and expected output | A PM document or a customer ticket, with the business rules and reference tables |
| AI | Blocked, and any model still solves it in seconds | Allowed, expected, and measured |
| Grading | Test cases pass or fail | Hidden suite, code quality, an interview on their own code, and how they used AI |
| Tells you | Whether the fundamentals are there | Whether they can ship production work, and how they use AI while doing it |

The engineering round is where HirePrise is different: it shows whether someone can read an unfamiliar project, follow a brief, and ship a change that holds up in review.

## The engineering round

A real project, a clear brief, and a set time limit. The candidate opens a working repository, reads the brief the way work actually arrives, and ships a change that a reviewer could merge.

- [A brief, in a real project](https://hireprise.com/#p1): The task arrives the way work does — a product brief with business rules and acceptance criteria, or a ticket raised by a customer. It lands in a working project, not an empty editor, and reading it carefully is part of the test.
- [AI beside the editor](https://hireprise.com/#p2): A chat panel with agent mode and plan mode. Candidates are expected to use it, and the report shows what they asked, when they asked it, and how much of the output they rewrote by hand.
- [Visible and hidden tests](https://hireprise.com/#p3): Sample tests run in the IDE while they work, so they get the same feedback loop they would get at their desk. A hidden suite grades the submission. Sample test names are visible; hidden test names and inputs are never shown to the candidate, before or after submitting.

The workspace runs in the browser: editor, terminal, sample tests, and an agent panel. Candidates install nothing.

## The candidate report

After submit, hiring teams get a report that is evidence, not impressions. Every claim points back to a prompt, a commit, or a failing test in the session.

- Fit for the role — scored against the role requirements, one at a time
- Hire signals and concerns — each one points to a specific prompt, commit, or failing test
- Prompts, phase-tagged — the full transcript, tagged as planning, building, or debugging, with file references highlighted
- Failing tests, explained — which line failed, what it returned, and what it should have returned, marked in the workspace snapshot
- Tokens used — planning, building, and debugging shown separately, against the budget
- Active time — time to first edit, how long they read the brief, and when the sample suite went green

Reviewer summary, drafted by HirePrise: a short verdict on how the candidate planned, built, tested, and used AI.

See a sample: [The report](https://hireprise.com/#report) · [Sample report](https://hireprise.com/assets/candidate-report.pdf)

## Rounds

- [DSA round](https://hireprise.com/#compare): Checks whether the fundamentals are there.
- [Engineering round](https://hireprise.com/#assessment): Checks whether they can ship production work, and how they use AI while doing it.
- [AI interview](https://hireprise.com/#assessment): Questions are generated from the diff they just submitted, so nothing can be rehearsed. They defend their own code.

## For hiring teams

One timed session, then a report you can act on.

- Screen, campus, and senior loops can run through the same pipeline and be graded the same way every time
- AI is not a loophole: the task sits inside a working project, a hidden suite grades the code they actually shipped, and the round ends with an interview on their own submission
- You set the duration when you configure the round so it can match the role and the task
- You get a hire-or-not answer with the session evidence attached, instead of a score with no context

## Proof it works

Companies that trust HirePrise include Taylor & Francis, Mphasis, Pocket FM, and Atlassian.

## Partner with us

- [Book a Call](https://cal.com/chandangowda/hireprise-demo): We walk your team through a live assessment and a real candidate report. Thirty minutes.
- [See a sample report](https://hireprise.com/#report): Review a HirePrise candidate report.
- [Sample report PDF](https://hireprise.com/assets/candidate-report.pdf): Download a sample candidate report.

## Product

- [Home](https://hireprise.com/): Assessments that mirror the actual job.
- [Why HirePrise](https://hireprise.com/#compare): DSA round vs engineering round.
- [The assessment](https://hireprise.com/#assessment): The engineering round — brief, AI, and tests.
- [The report](https://hireprise.com/#report): What hiring teams see after a candidate submits.
- [Book a call](https://hireprise.com/#book-a-call): See the engineering round in action.

## Company

HirePrise is built by [HackCulture](https://hackculture.io/).

- [HirePrise](https://hireprise.com/): Hiring tests that look like the job.
- [HackCulture](https://hackculture.io/): The company behind HirePrise.

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## FAQs

- Can candidates use AI during the round? Yes. AI is allowed, expected, and measured. Every prompt in the session is captured, so the report shows how they used the agent, not just whether they did.
- If AI is allowed, what stops candidates from faking their way through? The task sits inside a working project, and the round ends with an interview generated from the diff they just submitted. Nothing can be rehearsed, and a hidden test suite grades the code they actually shipped.
- How long does a round take? You set the duration when you configure the round, so it can match the role and the task. Whatever you pick, it is one timed session: read the PM brief, work in the repo, run the sample tests, submit. The interview and the report follow straight after.
- What do candidates need to install? Nothing. The workspace runs in the browser with an editor, a terminal, sample tests, and an agent panel — the same loop they already work in.
- What is in the report? The hidden suite score, code quality, the interview on their own code, and how they used AI. Every claim points back to a prompt, a commit, or a failing test in the session.
- Do we still need a DSA round? Run either, or both. The DSA round tells you whether the fundamentals are there; the engineering round tells you whether they can ship production work and how they use AI while doing it.
- Does it work for campus drives and senior loops? Yes. Screening rounds, campus drives, and senior loops all run through the same pipeline and are graded the same way every time, so results stay comparable across the funnel.
- How do we get started? Book a call. We walk your team through a live assessment and a real candidate report in thirty minutes.