We’ve tallied up the results of Round 1 of the SourceCon CSE Challenge. You voted for your favorite contestants, and based on your votes, the three finalists who will be going on to Round 2 are…
Now that your collective voice has been heard, we are set for Round 2 — the final round of this Challenge. In this round a panel of judges will be evaluating the quality and creativity of the contestants’ CSEs. Our five judges, who until today didn’t even know who each other was, are regular contributors to the sourcing community:
The judges have been tasked with objectively sampling each CSE to determine who among our contestants created the best candidate resume/profile/directory Google Custom Search Engine. Below, we are providing you with the criteria that will be used to determine this. You’re welcome to test our finalists yourself, but the judges’ assessments are the only ones that will count in this round of judging.
The CSE that earns the most points will be declared the winner. Plain and simple.
Judging will be based on the CSE’s quality and variety. Our distinguished panel of judges will evaluate each contestant’s CSE and award points based on the following criteria:
Quality always rules. The first three (3) pages of results will be examined to determine how well the CSE filtered out irrelevant search results:
The instructions for creating a CSE were to make sure the results contained a variety of sources. Contestants will be rewarded for this:
Since each CSE is different and unique, contestants will have the opportunity to put their best foot forward for their individual CSE and provide one example search word or phrase for judging; they have each been given criteria. To ensure panel accuracy, points awarded by each judge will be totaled, combined, and averaged for each contestant’s CSE. The contestant with the most total points will be declared the winner.
We will announce the overall Challenge winner next Friday! The winner will be receiving a free pass to SourceCon in Silicon Valley this coming October, as well as travel and accommodations to attend the conference and a coveted spot in the final GrandMaster Sourcing Challenge.
Good luck to our contestants — and have a fantastic holiday weekend!