Recruiter asked me to complete the initial coding challenge. I got 12/13 and 10/13 test cases to pass for each question respectively. I did organize the code neatly , commented it and used optimized approach. I think the explanation was decent too with correct runtimes. it’s been 10 days and have not heard about outcome. Sent email to recruiter with no reply as well. Is this normal after rejection? Would just like to know the outcome.
Was this an offline coding challenge or what? submitting an offline challenge which doesn't pass all test cases is pretty bad. Wondering why you would spend time on code comments, optimization and organization etc if the tests don't pass. Forgot to code while being at SAP? 😅
If you pass challenge, they email back quick. If you don't, they drag feet and will end up sending you a one liner after in a week or 2. If you didn't get all test cases to pass, it's a no. The good news is that there isn't really a waiting period between taking the assessment if you can get a recruiter on board to send you it again after you study. So study LC and then get in touch with a different recruiter and explain that you took it before but weren't ready and now have studied and are ready. Be upfront about studying and wanting to try again since they'll most likely see you failed before and assume you'll fail again. Source: failed a few years ago because I didn't practice ahead of time. Passed earlier this year and got hired.
12/13 and 10/13 is most probably not good enough.
Who in their right mind would hire someone that would commit code that "passes most tests but not all?" It's just like hiring a chef that has a 95% chance of not setting the kitchen on fire on any given day when cooking breakfast. Doesn't matter that the eggs are delicious if you have to replace the kitchen twice a year.
at least he organized the kitchen and put warning signs "may catch fire any time" everywhere
Actually from someone who created hackerank challenges before, it does partial scoring not acm style scoring. Basically you can set a score for each test case individually... that said they have an automatic selection criteria, you need to get x / 100% points to pass, and op probably didn’t get enough. Keep in mind that harder test cases usually bring in more points - so if you failed 2-3 hardest ones on each question, you might only get 50% of the overall score
You need all tests passed. Missing 1 case means your solution is wrong. Passing all cases sometime doesn’t mean the solution is correct
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