What is CodeX?

Who is it for?

Engineered to help coding students & working professionals

What do I stand to get out of it

For top performers 

• Get rewarded - Cash, scholarships & merchandise worth over 70 Lakhs
• Get noticed - Top rankers' profiles get circulated among our prestigious employer partners
• Get guidance - Top rankers get a mentorship session with our founders or with one of our most-experienced mentors from the Scaler Academy platform
• Get access - Top working professional performers get direct entry into the Academy program. College students are ineligible for scholarships & enrollment into Scaler Academy - please see the "About CodeX" section below for more details.

For women coders

• Under CodeX-For-Her, we have some exciting events & rewards planned exclusively for women coders as a part of Scaler Include, Scaler's program aimed at enhancing female participation in India’s tech workforce! 
• Attend exclusive fireside chats with inspiring women techies, as they share with us their experiences & learnings on managing aspirations & expectations, breaking the glass ceiling & carving out their own paths. 
• Top working professional performers get sponsored scholarships from leading tech firms, the chance to get mentored by senior women leaders and the chance to make a strong impression with potential employers. College students are ineligible for scholarships & enrollment into Scaler Academy - please refer to "About CodeX" section below for more details.

Our Partners

Diversity Partners

Event Partners

Show me all the benefits!

Tell me more about the coding contest

• Duration: 2.5 hours
• Timing:
  • Competitive mode: 8 PM, 09th April 2021 to 8 PM, 11th April 2021
  • Learning mode: 8 PM, 09th April 2021 to 8 PM, 25th April 2021 
• Mode
  • Competitive mode: Feature on the leaderboard, stand a chance to win exciting rewards, and get noticed by top recruiters in the tech ecosystem
  • Learning mode: Don't compete, instead give the test for practice & to find out how you compare with our top contestants. Your performance won't be made public!
• Topics: Aptitude, DSA, and LLD
• Difficulty: 3 tiers of questions - easy, medium & elite
• Question type: MCQ, code completion & coding
• Eligibility: Open to all

About CodeX

• CodeX is open to all for participation. All CodeX rewards are also open to all participants, however scholarships & entry into Scaler Academy program are restricted to only working professionals. College students who are graduating in 2021 or later are ineligible for scholarships & test exemptions to join Scaler Academy
• Scaler will be verifying the identity of all rankers before finalising the winners. This process may take upto 4 weeks
• Webcam is mandatory for this test. Without a webcam you will not be allowed to take the test
• Minimum internet bandwidth required for attempting the test is 500 kbps
• Anyone caught indulging in plagiarism before, during or after the contest will be disqualified and won’t be eligible for any prizes
• In order to be eligible for a scholarship, a participant must score at least minimum cut off score in CodeX and be a working professional. College students who are graduating in 2021 or later are ineligible for the scholarship & to join Scaler Academy. Engineers who have an undergraduate degree dated 2020 or earlier are considered to be working professionals
• Basis the final test percentile, working professionals clearing the minimum eligible cut off would be exempt from appearing for Scaler Academy's entrance test
• On winning a scholarship in CodeX as a working professional, you automatically become ineligible for any further scholarships awarded by scaler academy during the admission process
• Participants attempting the contest in Learning mode, are not eligible for cash, scholarships and other rewards
• Scaler's team will be spending time & resources vetting winners' performances. The decision of the Scaler CodeX team is final and irrefutable. No exceptions shall be entertained
• You can re-attempt the test in Learning mode multiple times after appearing for competitive mode. However, the set of questions would remain the same
• The referral window will only remain open till 8 PM, 11th April 2021, until the completion of competitive mode

That's all, folks! You now know everything you will need to ace CodeX 

Terms and Conditions

• Each problem has a predetermined score
• A participant's total score is the sum of the scores earned for each problem attempted.
• If you submitted more than one solution for a problem, only the highest score achieved will be used in this calculation
• Your ranking will depend on the score achieved by the you and the total time taken to achieve that score (starting from the user's test start time)
• There will be a penalty of 10 minutes added to the total time taken per unsuccessful attempt
• This is an individual participation competition. Discussing strategy during the competition will result in disqualification.
• All submissions are checked by a plagiarism detector. Any case of code plagiarism will disqualify both users from CodeX
• Scaler and InterviewBit decisions are final
• Current InterviewBit employees are not eligible for prizes
• Current Scaler learners and TAs are not eligible for prizes
• Please expect 6-8 weeks post CodeX to receive your cash prizes
• Prize money will be paid post deduction of applicable taxes