📅 Dates

  • Hackathon Launch: August 13, 2025

  • Submission Deadline: August 16, 2025 (6:00 pm GMT)

  • Judging Period: August 17 2025

  • Winners Announced: August 18 2025

✅ Eligibility

  • Open worldwide to individuals 19-21, college/uni students only 

  • All submissions must be original work created during the hackathon period.

  • No prior coding experience is required — creativity, problem-solving, and initiative are equally valued.

📦 Project and Submission Requirements
Participants must:

  1. Create a working prototype (website, app, chatbot, or other digital tool) that helps people better prepare for high-level internships or jobs (e.g., finance, consulting, tech).

  2. Submit:

    • A written description of your idea and what makes it unique.

    • Working demo link.

    • A video demo (2–4 minutes) showing the product in action.

    • A brief technical overview explaining your tech stack and approach.

    • Source code (GitHub link or ZIP file) and related assets so the project can be run and tested.

  3. By submitting, you agree to grant the hackathon organizers a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify, and distribute your submission for commercial and non-commercial purposes. Participants retain ownership of their work but acknowledge that organizers may continue to develop, commercialize, and deploy the submission or any derivative works without further compensation.

🏆 Prizes (non-cash for now)

  • 1st Place: “Hackathon Champion” digital badge + spotlight on Devpost + detailed feedback from the judging panel. PARTNERSHIP CHANCE- create this fully fledged.

⚖ Judging Criteria

 

  • Innovation & Creativity (30%) – Originality of concept.

  • Real-World Impact (30%) – Potential usefulness to people preparing for competitive jobs/internships.

  • Technical Execution (25%) – Functionality, stability, and technical depth.

  • Clarity & Presentation (15%) – Quality of the explanation, visuals, and demo.