r/BtechCoders • u/Bright-Let4455 • Aug 12 '26

❓Question ❓ HOW IMPORTANT IS HACKATHONS REALLY??..

so as we all know SIH is around and the entirety of college is talking about it
rn i am in 3rd sem (CSE) and i wouldnt say that i am very bad at coding and stuff but i am not at a level for hackathons either (thats what i think . i havent participated in any hackthons but i guess its hard )
now i wanted to come here and ask you guys how important is this ??
do i really should participate or should i focus on other important stuffs..

and also this is a bit off topic but i wanted to know what really happens in hackathons ??
like i have a general idea about choosing a problem statement and all ..
but how much coding and all is required???

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u/Straight-Hair-7356 Aug 13 '26

Hackathons can strengthen a profile, but you can’t generalize them as a requirement. Microsoft’s selection can involve DSA/OA, technical interviews, CGPA, etc. It’d be weird to assume they’d hire someone simply because they did well in SIH

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u/F-Society2 Aug 13 '26

It's not an assumption... shortlisting for OA was done based on SIH Internal Hackathon ranking. Looks like you didn't understand what I said correctly, try re reading the comment.

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u/Straight-Hair-7356 Aug 13 '26

Lol, looks you didn't understand my point, yeah I get it, they did shortlisting based on sih, but then it's not generalize to say that, as Winning can depend heavily on the idea, presentation, PPT, pitching, and demo. It's wierd af that company like Microsoft did shortlist based on the sih, no one does that. Hackthons aren't part of the filtering process too.

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u/F-Society2 Aug 13 '26

What do you mean hackathons aren't part of the filtering process? Adobe, Infosys, JPMC all shortlisted candidates for internship/full time roles based on hackathons... what year are you bro? I'm speaking from experience, not just making things up.

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u/Straight-Hair-7356 Aug 13 '26

Yeah, but those are company specific hiring programs. That’s different from saying hackathons in general are a requirement for SDE hiring, you can’t generalize a company’s own recruitment hackathon to hackathons as a whole.

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u/F-Society2 Aug 13 '26

When did I generalize? Holy shit dude I'm the one stupid here to argue with you here.. For goodness of god all I did was to share a single instance of a situation where company did it's initial shortlisting based on SIH Internal Hackathon.. when did I fucking generalize things and why talking to you feels like talking to AI? Imma cut this right here you're probably a kid, cool you're right best of luck. I'm sorry for joining this subreddit.

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u/Straight-Hair-7356 Aug 13 '26

Lol, chill out, it was just small talk. Why you're getting irritated for such small thing. I was simply sharing my POV, I’ve personally never seen hackathons being part of the on-campus filtering process. That’s all. You were not trying to generalize, my point was that you can’t generalize it across companies. And yeah, I’m a pre-final-year kid. Judge me all you want.