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title: "New Report: How HackerRank Prioritizes Assessment Fairness & Sensitivity - HackerRank Blog"
description: New report sharing results of HackerRank test quality, fairness, and sensitivity.
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# [New Report: How HackerRank Prioritizes Assessment Fairness & Sensitivity - HackerRank Blog](https://pages.hackerrank.com/blog/new-report-how-hackerrank-prioritizes-assessment-fairness-sensitivity)

 Written by [Fred Rafilson](https://pages.hackerrank.com/blog/author/fred-rafilson) | Mar 13, 2025 3:53:09 PM

At HackerRank, we continuously take equality and fairness in our assessments very seriously. We believe removing bias from the hiring process is key to matching developers with the right companies.

That’s why we’ve [launched a report](https://info.hackerrank.com/pre-employment-tech-skills-assessments.html?utm_medium=content&utm_source=blog) with more information on test fairness and sensitivity.

The goal of fairness in testing should be ensuring that test properties are as barrier-free as possible and fair for all test takers. To this end, we are committed to helping hiring managers and recruiting teams attract and select a diverse and talented workforce. 

To ensure that any unintended bias is identified and removed from our library of test items, we regularly conduct a careful Fairness and Sensitivity Review of our assessments by experts including senior item writers/designers, content experts, psychometricians, and Industrial/Organizational psychologists.

### **Types of bias our experts seek to identify in the review include:**

- Offensive Items
- Racial or Ethnic Bias
- Gender Bias
- Socioeconomic Bias
- Stereotypical Bias

### **Highlights from the report include:**

- Why building unbiased assessments can be challenging for test developers.
- How HackerRank uses the Adverse Impact framework to assess test fairness and equality.
- Results of several studies conducted to demonstrate the fairness of HackerRank assessments. 

<https://info.hackerrank.com/pre-employment-tech-skills-assessments.html?utm_medium=content&utm_source=blog>

 

As a polished, dynamic, and highly skilled industrial/organizational psychologist with many years of experience in all aspects of the assessment industry, [Fred Rafilson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-rafilson-32786435/) has authored and published over 30 employment exams that assess cognitive abilities, skills, personality traits, motivation and attitude, etc. He has developed and implemented assessment processes for hundreds of companies/organizations and federal, state, and county/municipal agencies. He also conducts scientific research and program evaluations and provides presentations and training to executive-level private and public-sector groups. In addition, he serves as an expert for employment litigation cases, often working closely with agencies under DOJ consent decrees.

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