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BNY Code Divas Challenge 2025

Hosted by BNY

 Participation is confidential  Job Opportunity

Opens on
Feb 21, 2025, 06:00 PM IST
(Asia/Calcutta)

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

Closes on
Feb 23, 2025, 11:55 PM IST
(Asia/Calcutta)

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Prizes

1st Winner
GV worth INR 75,000

Runners Up
GV worth INR 45,000 each

Second Runners Up
GV worth INR 25,000 each

Consolation Prizes
GV worth INR 10,000 each

Overview 

Announcements

Register Now!

Participate in Round 1 between 21st February -

23rd February.

Limited slots only!

About Challenge

BNY has made an unwavering

commitment to systemic resiliency
and continued digitization. Our open
and objective stance on technology
and innovation means that we work to
develop solutions that can help
reduce friction and increase
transparency throughout the
investment lifecycle.

Our 5th edition of Code Divas has

become bigger & better and we’re
seeking passionate, talented, 10x
women engineers who want to make
their mark in the financial industry
with BNY Technology, India.

Code Divas provides you the

opportunity to come and experience
this challenge, participate, and have
the option to come directly into our
interview process for Tech internships
and full-time offers.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Participants should be Female

gender
• Participants should be from
BE/Btech
• Participants should be from
2025/2026/2027 batch
• Students flagged/suspected with
Plagiarism will be disqualified
• Each round qualifies you to the next
round of the process

CHALLENGE FORMAT

Round 1:

The Passionate Programmer: Your

opportunity to show us your true
passion & agility for technology &
programming. This round will
comprise of 3 Programming
Questions to be solved within two-
and-a-half hours using a programming
language of your choice.

Tech-It-Out with BNY Employees &

Leaders: Check the Announcements
section on this page for more details
after Round 1

Round 2:

The 10X Engineer: Congratulations on

demonstrating your zeal for
programming in Round 1. This round
2, is intended to push you further
testing your core software
engineering skills &
fundamentals. Are you up for a more
exciting challenge?

• 10 MCQs,

• 1 Programming Question in
specific language- Java 8 and
above OR Python

• 1 SQL Question.

Note:

• Participation for Round 2 is by

invitation only
• You will require a webcam to be
able to take this test (for both
rounds).
• Please have a functional
webcam-enabled and grant
access to the pop-up on the
browser.

To top it off, there are Attractive

prizes to be won!

• Winner - GV worth INR

75,000

• Runners Up - GV worth INR

45,000 each

• Second Runners Up - GV
worth INR 25,000 each

• 10 Consolation Prizes: GV worth

INR 10,000 each

Testimonials

About Company

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This challenge is an online challenge.

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4. Can we take up the challenges from mobile

platforms?

No. We don't support mobile platform for

taking up the challenges. We only suggest our
users to participate in the challenges from
laptop/desktop.

5. What type of questions will I have to solve

in this challenge?

The questions in this challenge are of the

following types:

Programming problems

Write code in the online code

editor that is provided with each
problem and submit it.

You can make multiple

submissions. The platform
automatically considers the best
submission.

Multiple choice questions (MCQ)

Questions with multiple choices

will be provided.

You should select the correct

answer from the list of choices.

Subjective problems

Instructions for each problem differ

Enter the solution in the text area

that is provided and submit it

6. Are the programming questions restricted

to specific languages?

The languages that you can write code in will

be mentioned in the challenge details, if
applicable.

7. What will happen in case of there is an

issue with my computer or Internet
connection?

If there is an issue with your computer or your

Internet connection, you will not lose your
previously submitted answers. They will be
saved on HackerEarth's servers. You can log in
again and continue coding from where you
stopped.

However, the timer will continue running,

which is why it is advised that you ensure that
your computer/Internet connection is working
properly before you begin the challenge.

8. My code works in my local IDE, however, it

throws compilation errors when I run it on the
platform interface. Why does this happen?

Every problem has the following two buttons:

a. Compile & Run

When you click Compile & Run, the is

tested against the sample input and
output.

This ensures that you are able to test

your code against predefined sample
test cases before you submit your code.

b. Submit

When you click Submit, the code is checked

extensively against internal test cases. The
following parameters are considered while
checking the code:

Time limit: The code should run within

the stipulated time otherwise it will throw
a Time Limit Exceeded (TLE) error.

Memory limit: The code should run

within the give memory size otherwise it
will throw a Memory Limit Exceeded
(MLE) error.

Errors during runtime: Specific test cases

check for Runtime Errors (RE) only.

Correct answer: If your answer is

incorrect, then you will see the message
Wrong Answer (WA) on the screen. This
means that your program is not printing
he correct answer. Ensure that your
program conforms with the output
format that is required.

9. Is it possible to change my submission

after I have submitted a task?

Yes, you can edit and submit the solution to a

question (that you can view and edit) any
number of times before the challenge-
completion time window closes.

Note: Some tests have timed sections. After

the time limit is reached, you will not be able
to revisit questions in that section.

10. How does the online judge determine

whether a solution is correct?

An online judge is a code checker and not a

human being. The code checker or "judge"
tests your code automatically. Therefore, you
must write your code accordingly.

For each problem, based on the specifications

mentioned in the problem statement, there will
be one or more input files and corresponding
(correct) output files. The program that you
create is run on each of the input files and the
corresponding output must match the (correct)
output files in order.

Your program will be marked incorrect in the

following cases:

Output files (generated by running your

code) do not match the pre-generated
output files

Output files (generated by running your

code) matches all the pre-generated
output files, however, it is not in the
order in which the pre-generated output
files are arranged

11. How does the time limit work?

Your program must read, process, and output

the result for all input files within the specified
time limit.

The input file will be of the format that is

specified in the problem. This means that if
each input file contains multiple test cases,
then your code must pass all the test cases
within the specified time limit.

12. How does the total execution time work?

Your code is tested multiple times against

different input files. The displayed execution
time is the total time spent executing each
input file. Hence, Total execution time <= (Time
Limit * Number of input files)

Your program is terminated in the following

scenarios:

If the time that is required to execute

each input file exceeds the time limit
execution that is set for any input file.

If the total time that is required to

execute all the input files exceeds the
total time limit allowed.

13. How does the total memory consumed

work?

The total memory consumed by a program is

the sum of the memory that is consumed by
the program in stack, data, heap, and BSS. To
understand more about the address space of
a program and the memory consumed, refer to
this image or this explanation.

14. My program doesn't compile. Why?

C/C++

Ensure that you are using a

compiler that complies with the
standards.

For example, do not use Turbo

C++. Code that compiles in Turbo
C++ will often not compile on the
online judge.

Also, remove 'conio.h includes' in

your code.

Java

We support multiple classes and

inner static classes.

Your code may throw errors if the

inner classes are not static.

Please note that we will remove

this constraint very soon. We will
update you when this happens.

Other languages

The compilation errors that you

see on the screen are self-
explanatory.

However, if you require any more

information, please contact us at
[email protected].

15. Does TLE error mean that my code is

correct but slow?

No, Time Limit Exceeded or TLE means that

your solution has exceeded the amount of
time that is allowed for problem execution or
for a specific test case. Your solution never
finished running in time and it was stopped in
between. There is no definite way to know
whether the code was correct.

16. What does Wrong Answer (WA) mean?

WA means that your program ran successfully

but gave an incorrect answer. This could mean
either of the following:

Your program contains a bug

You have not interpreted the problem

text correctly

Apart from the sample input, your code will

also be evaluated against multiple input and
output cases. Therefore, even if your code
passes the sample input correctly, it may not
have passed one of the other input and output
cases because of the answer is incorrect.

17. What happens if I indulge in plagiarism?

At HackerEarth, we take cheating/plagiarism

very seriously. For more information about
consequences of cheating, read our
plagiarism policy.

18. Why is my submission queued?

Your submission is queued because of

simultaneous submissions by multiple users.
You will receive the result of your submission
in real-time as soon as it is processed.

19. My submissions are not evaluated. What

should I do?

There may be an issue with the online judge

due to which your submissions are not being
evaluated. Send an e-mail to
[email protected].

20. Will I receive the results of the challenge?

If yes, when?

You can view your ranking on the leaderboard

for all challenges in which participation is not
confidential. This leaderboard is updated in
real-time.

21. Where can I view the solutions for the

problems of this challenge?

Once the challenge is finished and the

problem has been moved to a practice
section, you can view the solutions (editorials)
in the Practice section.

22. Why am I seeing a runtime error on the

screen?

A runtime error means that the program was

compiled successfully but it crashed or exited
with an error. The most common error
messages include the following:

S. Error Description Reason

No.

1 SIGSEGV Segmentation Caused by

fault error an out-of-
scope
array index
causing a
buffer
overflow,
an
incorrectly
initialized
pointer,
etc.

Signal is
generated
when a
program
tries to
read or
write
outside
the
memory
that is
allocated
for it, or to
write
memory
that can
only be
read.

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example,
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