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Challenge

Cisco is proud to announce the launch of iCode, the ultimate Hackathon that provides a platform to 3rd year and 4th year engineering students across 40 colleges in India, to prove their programming aptitude. iCode will test and reward programming skills through a multiphase contest.

Phase 1

August 23rd, 2015 (9am to 8pm)

This is an online preliminary coding round which you can take from your respective location. You will get to solve a set of 5 code challenges.

Phase 2

Update

Top rated contestants from Phase 1 will be sent invites for Round 2 on email. This will again be an online round where you will fight for the ultimate glory.

Prizes

1,00,000 INR

1st place

75,000 INR

2nd place

45,000 INR.

3rd place

Gift voucher worth 5,000 INR

First 20 places

Additionally, the top coders from Phase 2
will qualify for a direct internship with Cisco in 2016.

Spring Internship
Internship: Jan 2016 to July 2016
Duration: 5-6 months
Summer Internship
Internship: May 2016 to July 2016
Duration: 2-3 months

Rules

  • You must be in your 3rd year or 4th year to be eligible for this contest.
  • Each challenge has a predetermined score.
  • Your code will be scored based on the number of testcase it passes.
  • Your total score is determined by the sum of maximum scores for each attempted problem.
  • All participants are ranked according to their scores. Ties will be resolved by last successful submission time.
  • You can code directly on the website. The system supports 36 programming languages. You can take a look at the environment in which your code is executed.
  • Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in immediate disqualification.
  • The decisions of HackerRank administrators will be final.

Let’s get the champions onboard with Cisco!

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