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GfG Weekly Coding Contest

Important: Weekly Coding Contest is temporarily paused- Stay tuned for updates on its return!

Overview

Preparing for placements? GeeksforGeeks is organising a weekly recurring contest series which is designed to simulate the coding interview rounds of tech giants such as Google, Amazon, Adobe, Paytm etc. Our team of experts have put together each contest keeping in mind the type of questions and topics covered in interviews.

If you have earned a Star Rating, do not worry, it will be safely preserved until the contests resume

Instructions

  • Test Structure: You will be asked to solve 2-3 problems based on data structures and algorithms in 90 minutes.
  • Coding Languages supported for the contest are: C++, Java, Python, JS.
  • Time Penalty: There is 5 minutes time penalty for each wrong submission. For every wrong submission 5 minutes will be added to Last Correct Submission time.
  • Hints: Each question has hints that you may use when you're stuck on a problem. Marks are deducted on hints usage.
  • Plagiarism: 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.
  • Discussion: This segment goes live after the contest ends. It can be used to interact with other participants and leave comments.  
  • Rated Contest: 
    • Starting from May 2024, all contests associated with GfG Weekly will be treated as Rated Contests.
    • Your rating is based on your performance in comparison with other competitors.
    • It is calculated using the Elo MMR Algorithm.
    • Rating is assigned post plagiarism check. 

Rating System

<= 1399
1 star
1400 - 1599
2 star
1600 - 1799
3 star
1800 - 1999
4 star
2000 - 2199
5 star
2200 - 2499
6 star
>= 2500
7 star

Rewards

  • For each contest,
    • Rank 1: 700 Geekbits
    • Rank 2: 400 Geekbits
    • Rank 3: 200 Geekbits
    • Top 50 (Rank 4 to 50): 50 Geekbits
    • Participation (Score > 0): 2 Geekbits
  • Be among the top 8 rankers on our Monthly leaderboard; get 50 Geekbits as bonus.
  • These GeekBits can be redeemed on our Rewards Page.

Solutions

To view all the past recordings kindly, Head to GfG Practice Youtube Channel

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