Scoring system of Challenges Updated

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Interviewstreet

Previously the scoring system took only the base score of the problem and no of attempts taken to solve it for calculation of score.

The major change we are incorporating  is the difficulty level of the problem in the scoring scheme.The number of points you get on solving a problem depends on how many hackers have solved the problem and how many attempts they took.

So if you solve a problem which no-one has solved,you will get more points than solving a problem which is solved by numerous people.

Your score dynamically changes as more people solve the problem.

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  • Nikhil Garg

    I expect much more detailed scoring system. I see people with N solved problems behind in score compared to those people who have solved N-2 or even N-3 problems. It indicates that your scoring system is flawed fundamentally – all other factors shouldn’t be able to produce such a dramatic effect equivalent to solving 2 problems.

  • Ankush Agarwal

    Even I noticed many anomalies in the scoring. Earlier when I solved a problem with X points, my score used to increase by Y(>X). In the last two days,for the last three problems I solved, I noticed that on solving a problem with points X, only X points increased in my score.

    Have you changed your scoring system within the last few days ?

  • Gen Wang

    Will changing language help decreasing time-over-limit failure on test cases?