Pinterest Acquisition Programming Challenge site Hackermeter and then turn it off

Dark Horse News agency: If you still want to get the next programming job by raising your hackermeter score, you'll have to redo the plan: Pinterest has acquired the two-month start-up and will close it. The idea behind Hackermeter is quite simple: they think that ordinary resumes are not enough to hire programmers, so they decide to replace it. You have to prove yourself through a series of programming tests (from the Fibonacci sequence generator to some lightweight encryption technology), and each challenge will be graded based on your programming efficiency. A potential employer can replay your code one key at a click (both to see how you come up with the code and to prevent copying and pasting the answer), and employers can create challenges. Hackermeter's launch has received much criticism, and most opponents point out that similar ideas have been tested long ago by Hackerrank, Codeeval and many other companies, but resumes remain. The founders of Pinterest and Hackermeter declined to disclose the terms (we are still digging for more information, and if we are told that details will be updated), it is certain that the amount is small. The product has just been released about two months, the team is small, and in the past history, they did not melt too much money. Judging from their angellist files, they are trying to raise 750,000 dollars. In addition, Pinterest has planned to close it, so it is clear that the acquisition is mainly a talent acquisition. The company's co-founder Lucas Beck Lucas Baker and Frost Lee Frost Li will join Pinterest as an engineer. (translation: Jing)