Does HackerRank Track Your IP Address?

2026-09-23

Taking a test from a coffee shop, a VPN, or a friend's apartment can make you second guess things. Candidates often ask whether HackerRank logs their IP address and whether the company can see it.

Here is the straight answer.

Yes, HackerRank collects your IP address, and hiring teams can add it to their reports. What HackerRank does not document is whether it uses your IP address to flag you during a test.

What HackerRank collects

HackerRank's privacy policy lists IP address as data it collects. It says this covers "your IP address and technical data in the form of computer connection information, browser data (such as browser type and version)," along with activity inside the service.

The policy adds that HackerRank may use log files, cookies, and similar technologies to collect and process this technical information.

The policy also lists non-precise location among the identifiers it may collect.

What the hiring team can see

IP address is a field hiring teams can put in their reports. HackerRank's report settings let a company select candidate fields to include in report sheets, "such as their Email, ID, Name, Tag, and IP Address."

The privacy policy also says that if you are a candidate, HackerRank discloses your data, including your results, to the employer you are testing for.

Report fields are chosen by the company. Each one can be ticked or unticked, and HackerRank's help page does not say whether IP Address is ticked by default.

What is not documented

The HackerRank test integrity pages we reviewed describe tab tracking, copy and paste tracking, webcam features, plagiarism checks, and screenshot analysis. None of them describe an IP address check.

So HackerRank does not say publicly whether:

• An IP address change during a test is flagged
• A VPN triggers any warning
• IP addresses are compared across candidates

We would rather tell you that plainly than guess.

What this means for you

Assume the company may see the IP address you tested from. Use a steady, normal connection. The documented signals are about your behavior in the test, like switching tabs.

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