Flipkart GRiD 5.0 Internship is an opportunity for students who want to explore the real-life challenges of the e-commerce industry. The internship opportunity is for students who are pursuing engineering programs. To know more about the Flipkart GRiD 5.0 Internship read the full article.
Overview of Flipkart
Flipkart is India’s one of the leading e-commerce companies with headquarters in Bengaluru, India. Flipkart has currently over 100 million registered users with more than 100,000 sellers and over 21 cutting-edge warehouses.
Flipkart Grid
Flipkart GRiD is an engineering campus challenge where young youths are given a chance to compete and finish the challenges with the use of their technological expertise. The Flipkart GRiD 5.0 is the fifth edition of this internship which offers the individual an opportunity to explore the real-world challenges to become top engineers.
Flipkart GRiD 5.0 Internship Important Dates
| Event | Dates |
| Registration Starting Date | 07 June 2023 |
| Registration Closing Date | 13 July 2023 |
Eligibility Criteria
The eligibility criteria for Flipkart 5.0 Internship are:
- This competition is open to students pursuing B.Tech/B.E./M.Tech/M.S or related Engineering Programs across ALL Engineering Colleges in India (Batch 2024,2025, 2026 & 2027)
- Students must register in teams of 1 to 3 members
- The batch of 2023 is not eligible to participate in this competition
- The participating students can be from any specialization
- One person cannot be a member of more than one team
- Any deviation from the above will result in immediate disqualification of the entire team
Stages and Hackathons Under GRiD
To test students’ technical, analytical, and ideation skills, students will be tested in three stages where the finalist will be asked to present their ideas to the panel of Flipkart Domain Experts.
Level 1: E-Commerce & Tech Quiz
- All registered teams will have to take an online quiz
- Every participant will get a set of questions to be answered within 30 minutes.
- All the members of a team are eligible to attempt the quiz round.
- A team will be scored based on the average marks of the team members attempting the quiz round.
- Please note that it is mandatory for all team members to take the quiz.
- Every participant will be ranked on accuracy (score) and speed (finish time) i.e., if two teams have the same score, then the team that finished earlier will be ranked higher
- Participating teams will move on to the next level based on their performance in this assessment
- The quiz will be based on E-Commerce trivia (Reference: https://stories.flipkart.com) and Tech (Technology Awareness + Techstack & Computer Science Fundamentals).
Problem Statement Preference Selection
The shortlisted teams from Level 1 have to submit their preferences for the problem statements. The teams will be allocated the problem statements as per the preferences shared and the scores of Level 1.
Level 2: Submission Round
- Qualifying teams from Level 1 will work on the Idea Submission and will develop an Idea Brief along with a video.
- You’ll be given a problem statement according to the domain area of interest selected post-level 1
- Teams will have access to only one problem statement that has been allocated to them
- They will be able to make submissions until the deadline for this round anytime during the challenge window.
- The candidates can compress their videos here
- The expectation at this level will be to submit the functional proof of concept along with the demo video and code submission
- Participating teams in this level will move on to the next level based on their performance
Level 3: The National Finale
In the final level of the GRiD, finalists will be invited to showcase their solutions to the panel of domain experts at Flipkart.
Rewards & Prizes
Attractive prizes to be won along with the opportunity to be a part of the hiring process for Tech Internships & Full-Time Roles (Internship Stipend: INR 1,00,000 per month; SDE-1 Role Compensation: INR 32 LPA)
- Winners get EGVs worth INR 1,50,000*
- First Runners-Up Get EGVs worth INR 75,000*
Certificate of merit will be provided to the following:
- Top 20 teams per college
- Level 1 qualifying teams
- Finalists
Career Opportunities
- Top teams who qualify for level 2 will get a chance to be a part of the hiring process for internship and full-time tech roles at Flipkart
- Teams who reach the finale get a PPI for a software tech role (internship/full-time).
Flipkart GRiD 3.0 v/s GRiD 4.0
Things that were similar and different in both the edition of the GRiD
GRiD 3.0 Problem Statement
- Smart Bag Creator Challenge.
- Conversational Credit Application.
- Interactive voice bot for user engagement.
- Trust and affluence signal extraction from social media data.
GRiD 4.0 Problem Statement
- MetaCommerce- The Future of Shopping with Metaverse.
- Blockchain-based eCommerce warranty system using NFTs.
- Extract Trends from social media data.
Resources for the Preparation
Important resources to prepare to ace the Flipkart GRiD Internship are:
- Data Structure and Algorithm
- Flipkart Interview Experience
- Learn and Practice Java
- Interview Questions
- Competitive Programming
- Complete Library
- Resource to learn
- Test Series
- Prepare and Practice for Interviews
- Top Technical Problems
