Google Code Jam is an international programming competition launched by Google in 2003 to identify top engineering talents. The competition comprises algorithmic challenges that participants must solve in a limited time using any programming language. It has seen substantial participation, with over 11,000 competitors in 2008 and prize money exceeding $80,000.

1. Google Code Jam
Gamification in Recruitment

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SCMS School of Technology and Management
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3. Google Code Jam
• Google Code Jam is an
international programming
competition hosted and
administered by Google.

4. Google Code Jam
• The competition began in
2003 as a means to identify
top engineering talent for
potential employment at
Google.

6. Google Code Jam
• The competition consists of a set of
algorithmic problems which must
be solved in a fixed amount of time.
Competitors may use any
programming language and
development environment to
obtain their solutions.

7. Google Code Jam
• In 2008, over 11,000 people
from more than 128 countries
competed for prize money
totaling over $80,000,
including a top prize of
$10,000.

9. Google Code Jam structure
• Numbers denote how many
people advance to the next
round. Colors denote format of
the competition: yellow – you
run your code locally and submit
results and the source, blue –
you submit your code and
Google runs it in a distributed
environment.

10. Google Code Jam
• Google points out that
– This is the first competition of
its kind in the competitive
programming world and it's
your chance to be named the
first ever winner of
Distributed Code Jam!

11. Past Winners

12. Past Winners