I applied online and was given a time-bound (60 mins) online coding challenge. I use Mac and have a habit of using Safari. I hit on the link to take up the test.

The challenge was an online HackerRank challenge. I logged in and started reading the question. It was a real-world scenario-based challenge where I had to correct a few things to make them work using the online IDE. I soon found the IDE wasn't too slow and wasn't clickable. I then decided to download the Git repo and work locally, but nothing seemed to work. There was an access rights error.

At this point, I had already lost 35 minutes of my challenge. I thought about emailing the HR and letting her know that I was having trouble, but I found that the email had a no-reply ID, and that was the dead end.

I hopped to Chrome and was trying to log in, which was not happening. I don't know why!

After 5 minutes of continuous attempts, I could finally log in to Chrome, and everything seemed to work just fine. I did what I could in those 15 minutes.

After the challenge, I gave clear feedback to HackerRank about the problems I faced and the need to support Safari. I then searched HR on LinkedIn and sent her a message with all the screenshots explaining the problem I went through the test, but no reply.

Please mention in the email if the link has to be opened in Chrome!

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