Sparkplug 2024
Walmart Global Tech in India
Sparkplug 2024: Stages and Timelines
Demo Quiz Round
Participants are recommended to undergo a Demo quiz round to make themselves familiar with the platform. This is NOT an elimination or evaluation round. The quiz can only be accessed via Desktop/Laptop.
MCQ Challenge
Candidates will have to crack 25 questions based on topics like Data Structures, Algorithms, Object Oriented Programming, and Design, along with other Computer Science fundamentals in a stipulated time period. The test can only be accessed via Desktop/Laptop.
Note: This is an Eliminator Round.
Participants will have to present logical coding solutions (in any language of their choice) to 2 problem statements at hand in 90 minutes. The assessment can only be accessed via Desktop/Laptop. The cumulative score of the MCQ and Coding Challenge will be ascertained and considered for shortlisting the final students.
Shortlisted candidates from the coding round will have to undergo the second round of coding. Logical coding solutions (in any language of their choice) to 2 problem statements will have to be solved in 90 minutes. The assessment can only be accessed via Desktop/Laptop. This will be an elimination round.
Profile Verification
The shortlisted candidates will be required to submit additional information for the verification process. Verification is a must and will happen for all students before rolling out the final summer internship offer.
All that you need to know about Sparkplug 2024
Sparkplug is a unique online coding challenge for prospective students who want to pursue summer internships with Walmart Global Tech in India in 2024! This is a challenge designed for passionate coders who want to come experience working with the best engineering minds at Walmart Global Tech based in Bangalore/Chennai/Gurgaon. The Top 100 students will be selected for summer internship opportunities across various development teams at a monthly stipend of ₹1-1.1 lakh.
Interns will get to work on a wide spectrum of technologies and heterogeneous platforms such as Java, Hadoop, Cassandra, ERP, Middleware tools, low-latency messaging systems, machine learning and open-source frameworks.
Sparkplug is your passport to join Walmart Global Tech in India and innovate for with our team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists and service professionals within Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.3 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service or some code, but Walmart has always been about people. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human-led is our true disruption.
Eligibility Criteria:
Walmart Sparkplug 2024 is open exclusively to students from a select list of 35 engineering colleges in India who are pursuing the following degrees:
- BE/ B.Tech. full-time programs - Batch of 2025 i.e., students currently in their 3rd year
- Dual degree full-time program - Batch of 2025 i.e., students currently in their 4th year
- ME/ M.Tech. full-time programs - Batch of 2025 i.e., students currently in their 1st year
- Only candidates with a 7+ CGPA are eligible to apply. Any student not meeting this mark will be disqualified.
- Participation using multiple IDs is strictly prohibited.
Competition Structure:
- The MCQ Challenge will have 25 objective questions based on topics like Data Structures, Algorithms, Object Oriented Programming and Design, along with other Computer Science fundamentals which will have to be cracked in a stipulated time period. This will be an eliminatory round. The top-scoring students will advance to the next round.
- In the Coding Challenge, students will get 90 minutes to present logical coding solutions to 2 problem statements in the language of their choice.
- The cumulative score of the MCQ and Coding Challenge will be ascertained and considered for shortlisting the final students.
- The top 100 students basis this cumulative score will be selected for summer internships at Walmart Global Tech India for 2024.
What's in it for you?
- Top 100 students will be selected for the Walmart Global Tech Summer Internship in 2024 at a monthly stipend of ₹1-1.1 lakh.
- Perks like your return airfare, two weeks of initial accommodation at the base job location city, additional office facilities and benefits, an opportunity to learn, connect and collaborate with a talented team!
- Further details about the internship have been enclosed in the job description attached in the 'Download Attachments' section below.
Important dates & deadlines?
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10 Jan'24, 11:59 PM IST Registration Deadline
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Rewards and Prizes?
Top 100 Students
Summer Internship Offer for 2024 at a monthly stipend of ₹1-1.1 Lakh!
About Walmart Global Tech in India
Human-led and tech-empowered since 2002, Walmart Global Tech in India delivers innovative solutions to the biggest retailer in the world – Walmart. By leveraging emerging technologies, we create omnichannel shopping experiences for our customers, across the globe and help them save money and live better. For us, success means to go above and beyond, to innovate with heart, and to have a creative bent of mind- to do more and be more.
Walmart Global Tech promises infinite learning, unlimited career paths, and unparalleled growth. To enable service to their customers, they bring their values to life and respect each individual. It is that place where acceptance is the norm, inclusion is the practice, collaboration is the core and opportunities are for everyone.
Innovations
- FASTr – Powered by Cassandra and Kafka, FASTr helps achieve on-time deliveries with a response time of fewer than 100 milliseconds, thereby exceeding customer expectations with record-time deliveries.
- Element – A collaborative machine learning platform enabling high-performance innovation to build a collaborative, intelligent platform.
- GIF (Global Integrated Fulfillment) – A modular system developed on a horizontally scalable cloud platform that helps Walmart’s store associates track the orders and choose their pick paths during staging.
The Walmart Edge
To enable continuous technology innovation, Walmart Global Tech in India innovates their practices too:
- Impact at scale - Powering more than 11,500 stores, eCommerce in 11 countries, 260 million transactions a week, and empowering 2.2 million associates worldwide.
- Values-driven workplace - An environment that prioritizes diversity, inclusion, and innovation.
- Driving digital transformation - From immersive experiences and AR/VR solutions to pick up towers and voice-enabled ordering, Walmart Global Tech India is creating tomorrow’s technology solutions - today.
- Delivering omnichannel experiences - Making a significant difference in the lives of their customers, by enabling shopping across platforms, anytime, anywhere!
- Seamless global collaboration - Leveraging technology to solve complex retail problems along with global teams.
- Resources of a global enterprise - The agility of a startup environment fosters a unique culture that thrives on ownership.