DBS Bank said it has complete Hack2Hire, an initiative launched to identify India’s best coding talent, skilled in emerging and disruptive technologies across cloud, machine learning and Big Data. The bank awarded prizes across 6 categories at the hackathon and made job offers to developers to join the bank’s Hyderabad technology center. The participant mix was diverse, from fresh graduates to experienced professionals, the bank added. The coding challenge received more than 12,000 applications from candidates across many cities in India. DBS Hack2Hire consisted of two parts – an online assessment challenge to gauge the technical capabilities of the candidates, followed by a 2-day hackathon where their approach to problem solving was put to the test. This included demos and presentations followed by interviews for full-time roles at DBS Asia Hub 2. The bank collaborated with leading technology providers such as Amazon Web Services, Cloudera and Pivotal for conducting the hackathon.
