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Job-A-Thon 26 Hiring Challenge - For Freshersarchived
18 Questions
175 Marks
From 21 Nov 2023 08:00 PM(IST) to 21 Nov 2023 10:30 PM(IST)

This contest is part of Job-a-Thon. Click here to know more about the series and explore previous contests.

The year may be coming to a close, but placement season is not! We are here yet again with the November edition of Job-A-Thon exclusively for Freshers! With over 150+ candidates placed in the last 4 months via Job-a-thon, this free hiring challenge is yet another chance to fast track your resume to top tech companies listed in our Hiring Portal.


Disclaimer: Job-a-Thon offers a platform for you to apply to your preferred company. If you perform exceptionally well, your resume will be forwarded to the company, and your candidacy will be in their hands.


Post Contest analysis here. Live at 10:30 PM on 21st November

Instructions for the Contest

  • This contest consists of 4 parts :
    • 3 DSA coding problems - 100 marks
    • 5 MCQ on Programming Logic - 25 marks
    • 5 MCQ on Logical Reasoning - 25 marks
    • 5 MCQ on Quantitative Aptitude - 25 marks
  • Only individual participation is allowed in Job-A-Thon. 
  • Interview shortlisting will be done by specific companies based on their own criteria.
  • Languages supported for the DSA problems are C++, Java, Python
  • Each submission will be tested based on our critical test data. 
  • There is 5% penalty for each wrong submission. For example, if a problem is of 100 marks and a participant makes a wrong submission, his marks are reduced to 95. After the next wrong submission of the same problem, his marks are further reduced to 90.25 and so on. Therefore, it is suggested to use 'Compile & Test' against sample test cases before each submission.
  • Entries submitted by candidates after the contest is closed will not be considered.
  • Please refrain from discussing strategy during the contest. All submissions are run through a plagiarism detector. Any case of code plagiarism will reduce the score of the concerned participants to 0. 
  • The leaderboard of the contest will be made public AFTER plagiarism check. 
  • It is advised to attempt the previous contests in the Job-a-thon series to get familiar with the GeeksforGeeks coding environment.

Quiz Details

Quiz marks will be added to contest-score after the contest gets over.
You can modify your answers any number of times during the contest.
15 Questions
75 Marks

Coding Problem Details

Solve as many problem(s) as you can before the time runs out and based on the accuracy of your correct submission you will get the scores.
3 Questions
100 Marks
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