Vivek Ravisankar is the co-founder of Y Combinator alumnus,_HackerRank,_a platform for coding contests used by programmers to hone their skills and a tool for companies to streamline their own recruiting process. The hiring process for technical talent is broken. Across the board, the number one problem for any company is hiring programmers. Whether it’s a series A-funded startup or a large multinational corporation, hiring technical talent takes up a lot of time, energy, and money – and doesn’t always result in the best hires. Even if you have many resources devoted to hiring, the number one pain point remains the...

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