Druva Casestudy - HackerEarth
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Druva, a data security and backup company, traditionally relied on referrals from top institutions to hire software developers. However, this limited the talent pool and many qualified candidates were missed. To cast a wider net, Druva partnered with HackerEarth to host a coding challenge open to developers everywhere. Over 1,700 developers participated, with 32 solving all problems correctly. In the end, Druva hired 3 candidates, including 2 who did not attend top institutions, demonstrating the challenge successfully identified hidden talent beyond conventional qualifications.
Druva Casestudy - HackerEarth
- 1. HackerEarth www.hackerearth.com Breaking Conventional Hiring Practices The Druva Case Study
- 2. HackerEarth www.hackerearth.com • Druva came to HackerEarth looking to hire software developers • Specialises in data security and backup • Has over 100s of clients, many of whom are marquee clients • Has offices in India, Europe and USA • The current requirement was for their Pune office About Druva
- 3. HackerEarth www.hackerearth.com The Problem • Druva’s conventional hiring practice was very Institution biased • Based on qualitative information shared from the recruitment team, Druva’s bar on hiring is very high • Even the brightest students from the best institutions find it hard to make it to Druva • How to find top notch tech talent for Druva • How to get Druva to hire outside their conventional philosophy? The problem statement
- 4. HackerEarth www.hackerearth.com The Druva Hiring Challenge • An algorithmic coding challenge hosted on HackerEarth • 4 problems of increasing difficulty • 4 hour test
- 5. • Number of participating developers • Number of developers who attempted one problem • Number of developers who got all problems right • Number of developers who attempted all problems • Number of developers who attempted at least one problem 1757 973 32 300 497 Druva hiring challenge in numbers HackerEarth www.hackerearth.com
- 6. Over 36% percent of participants were relevant to the job requirement Attracting the relevant talent 36% 64% HackerEarth www.hackerearth.com
- 7. 2% of the participants were exceptional. They were filtered instantly, at the end of the contest Distinguishing the best from the rest, instantly 2% 98% HackerEarth www.hackerearth.com
- 8. The Hires • 3 candidates hired from the hiring challenge • Two out of three hires weren’t from premier institutes Darpan Kalra (CGPA - 8.0) Punjab University, Chandighar Datta Maghe College on Engg. , Mumbai IIT Bombay Kapil Dolas (CGPA - 6.8) Sudhakara Rao (CGPA - 9.39) HackerEarth www.hackerearth.com
- 9. HackerEarth www.hackerearth.com Attracting talent from everywhere • Finding talent from institutes outside the purview of conventional in-house hiring • Identifying hidden talent, irrespective of CGPA or institute • Also giving an innovative way of hiring besttalent from premier institutes through Hackathon method