{"id":97749,"title":"Chakra: AI interviewer that finally works","tagline":"An AI interviewer that's trained to evaluate AI-first skills across roles with integrity built-in","body":"I’m Vivek, Co-founder and CEO at HackerRank (YC S11). We’re launching a new product - Chakra: an AI Interviewer that actually helps hiring teams screen candidates faster with evidence-backed interview reports.\n\n**The problem we see**\n\nWe’re seeing recruiters and hiring managers are dealing with:\n\n* Too many applicants and too much scheduling overhead for early rounds.\n* Lower signal-to-noise because many applications are polished by AI or outright fabricated .\n* Rising interview integrity issues — including tools marketed to “cheat” during interviews.\n\nTeams spend tons of valuable human time on the wrong candidates - and hiring managers don’t trust early-round signals.\n\n**What Is Chakra**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97749\u0026key=user_uploads/10668/d2057e04-0171-4320-9e63-77ae90329042)\n\n\\\n\\\nChakra is an AI Interviewer by HackerRank that runs structured, voice/video screening interviews based on your rubric and delivers decision-ready reports backed by evidence.\n\nDemo video - \u003chttps://youtu.be/6v5h-7Q4O2c\u003e  \n\n**How it works**\n\n1. Configure the role, competencies, and rubric in a chat-based setup.\n2. Invite candidates easily via email, a simple link, or directly through your ATS\n3. Chakra conducts a voice/video based interview on your behalf, intelligently adapting to get the signals you need.\n4. You get an instant report with an actionable recommendation, skill-level feedback aligned with your rubric, transcript references, and full session replay.\n\n**What makes it different**\n\nThere are a lot of “AI interviewers” right now, but most fall into one of two buckets:\n\n1. Niche / single-skill evaluators, or\n2. Single-modal experiences that don’t generate robust, trustworthy signal\n\nChakra is designed to be multi-modal (voice, video, IDE, whiteboard etc.) and versatile across roles, while still producing grounded, auditable evidence in the report.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97749\u0026key=user_uploads/10668/43e35ddd-bdde-4c00-b579-324bdc45b650)\n\n**YC community asks / offers**\n\n* If you’re hiring right now, you can try [this sample FDE interview](https://www.chakra.sh/interviewer/1enskc0p2qs/session), I’d love feedback on:\n  * Rubric setup (does it match how you actually hire?)\n  * Candidate experience (does it feel fair and natural?)\n  * Report quality (is it truly decision-ready?)\n* You can request access at [chakra.sh](http://chakra.sh)\n* Or simply reach me at @rvivek on X or via email at [vivek@hackerrank.com](mailto:vivek@hackerrank.com)","slug":"PQb-chakra-ai-interviewer-that-finally-works","created_at":"2026-02-12T02:23:22.735Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T06:40:28.434Z","total_vote_count":21,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/PQb-chakra-ai-interviewer-that-finally-works","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=97749\u0026key=user_uploads/10668/d2057e04-0171-4320-9e63-77ae90329042","company":{"id":73,"name":"HackerRank","slug":"hackerrank","url":"http://hackerrank.com","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/6df4cc84a7b27db9480fd2d7bff6fa62ff56aacb.png","batch":"Summer 2011","industry":"B2B","tags":["Developer Tools","Recruiting"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/73"}}