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Dear Professor,
Greetings from Infosys!
We are happy to announce that we have successfully closed the registrations for #HackWithInfy this year.
We thank you for all the support that you have provided in helping us achieve a grand number of registrations. Now you must encourage your students to begin
their #HackWithInfy journey by participating in Round 1 of the competition.
Round 1 of #HackWithInfy 2020 will be conducted for your college as per the following details :-
Date : 16th March
Slot timings : 9:30
AM to 12:30 AM
Login window : 30 minutes
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detailed email containing all the necessary information has been sent to every registered student.
Please note:
Registered students will receive two emails – one from HackerEarth (sup...@hackerearth.com) containing the test link and the other from
hackwi...@infosys.com
containing the instructions for Round 1. Please ensure each student who has registered for from your college for HackWithInfy has received both emails. If a registered student does not receive the email from HackerEarth by March 12, 5 PM, or if the student
is unable to access the participation link, please inform the regional recruiter immediately with student’s registration details.
Round 1 is an online challenge that requires stable Internet connectivity. While students can take the test from anywhere, we request you to provide dedicated labs with
stable Internet connectivity in your college to make it convenient for your students to take up the challenge from college premises.
The labs for Round 1 can be blocked based on the date and slot allocated to your college.
We would also appreciate if you could assign some of your faculty to monitor the students participating from the lab so that the contest can run without any glitch. Kindly
report any malpractices or anomalies observed during the contest to our regional recruiter.
Rules and instructions for Round 1
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It is an individual online test of 3 hours i.e. 180 minutes. If test is started at 11 AM, it will have to complete by 2 PM
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Participants will have to take the test using the test access link at the time allotted to them in the mail by HackerEarth.
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Participants can take the test from anywhere but we recommend them to check with their placement office to see if a lab has been arranged in their college.
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Browser requirements for the test: Google Chrome (latest or version
56), Firefox (latest or version 51) or Safari (version 11.1.2 or above).
We do NOT recommend Internet Explorer (all versions).
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Kindly ensure that students are connected to a stable Internet connection (minimum
required speed - 512kbps) from the time they log in till they complete the challenge.
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Test will have 3 problem statements each of which will have a pre-determined score. A participant’s final score will depend on:
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Code Efficiency i.e. the number of test cases that the code passes
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Marks are assigned to the questions basis the difficulty level and solutions evaluated accordingly
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Negative marking for plagiarism, if found
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All code submissions are run through a plagiarism detector. In case of plagiarism, all the participants involved will be disqualified from the competition. Also, any
participant found using any unfair means at any stage will be instantly disqualified.
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It is recommended that before taking the HackWithInfy competition, the students must take the practice test and check their system compatibility on
HackerEarth.
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Should you face any platform issues during the challenge, please call our
HackerEarth helpline 1800-102-1504 or write to us at
infy-s...@hackerearth.com. -
In case of any other issue, they can write to us at
HackWi...@infosys.com.
We are making sure that the world gets to know about #HackWithInfy 2020! So please encourage your students to follow #HackWithInfy on
Twitter,
Facebook,
and LinkedIn.
You can visit the
#HackWithInfy website
for more details. Please feel free to contact me for clarifications..
We look forward to your continued support!
Warm regards,
Anivesh Joshi
Talent Acquisition
Infosys
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