Overview
An innovation sprint bringing together participants to develop solutions for real challenges faced by QSTP’s Internship Program.
Teams worked across three challenges, developing their solutions before presenting them to a panel of judges during the final pitches.
Theme & Challenges
Theme: QSTP Internship Program
Participants tackled three challenges based on operational needs identified by the Internship Program team:
- Intern Alumni Tracking: Developing a systematic way to track interns’ career outcomes and progress after completing the program.
- CV Matching: Improving and automating the review of 150+ candidates per cycle to help match applicants with suitable host startups.
- Recruitment & Onboarding Tracking: Improving how interviews, feedback, offers, and onboarding are tracked and managed once interns are nominated.
Partners & Collaborators
QSTP Internship Program Team and Deema Recruitment, with judges from Qatar Foundation’s Higher Education Division and Qatar Career Development Center (QCDC).
Participants
- 30 competing teams
- Students, founders, innovators, and developers
Hackathon Journey
July 30
Registration and challenge briefing, followed by challenge selection, a prototyping workshop, and mentorship
July 31
Development sprint
August 1
Mentorship sessions and pitching workshop, followed by the submission deadline
August 2
Final pitches and judging at the President’s Office Podium
Outcomes & Impact
- Best Solution and Runner-Up teams received Fnac vouchers worth up to QAR 3,000 and QAR 2,000 per team, respectively.
- The Challenge 2 winner received an internship placement for one cycle.
- Selected solutions had the opportunity to be considered for internal piloting by the QSTP Internship Program team.
Winning Teams / Projects
- Challenge 1: Merab, Students
- Challenge 2: REENO, QSTP startup interns
- Challenge 3: TeamX, QSTP startup interns
Key Highlights
- 48-hour innovation sprint
- 3 internship program challenges
- 30 competing teams
- 4 equally weighted judging criteria: Feasibility, Impact, Presentation, and Innovation & Sustainability