Jeanne Williams, who runs the Code Jam program for Google, said that the competition isn't necessarily about recruiting new talent, although that's a nice side benefit.

The preliminary stages of Google Code Jam 2016 gathered over 27,000 people. The champion will get $15,000 and the right to skip preliminary stages to go straight into the Google Code Jam 2017 finals.

Code Jam is Google’s annual online challenge that invites nimble-fingered geeks to solve a series of algorithmic problems.

After whittling down the competition from 20,000 contestants, Google flew the top 100 coders from around the world to the Gotham Googleplex for Code Jam 2006.

Google, one of the most aggressive staff recruiters in Silicon Valley, is putting on a programming contest worth up to $10,000 and a possible career at the search company. Called Google Code Jam ...

Google Codejam 2005 Hey coders, registration is now open for Google Code Jam 2005 : "Google's annual online coding competition consisting of a series of ...

Registration for the 12th annual Google Code Jam programming competition is now open. This time around, there's a new track called Distributed Code Jam.

Google has opened up registration for its 2013 Code Jam competition. Competitors are now vying for the $15,000 top prize and an automatic bid for 2014.

The 2014 Google Code Jam had over 23,200 participants from around the world, participating at Google's California headquarters and online.

Google, one of the most aggressive staff recruiters in Silicon Valley, is putting on a programming contest worth up to $10,000 and a possible career at the search company. Called Google Code Jam ...

Google is reaching out to the European software development community with its first Code Jam programming competition in Europe. For the next three weeks, European programmers can register at the ...