Beginner Challenges
Real-world scenarios at the beginner level. Earn verified credentials as you practice the work your degree prepares you for.
- AnalysisBeginnerNew
Optimizing Last-Mile Delivery for a New York D2C Cosmetics Brand
Your task is to evaluate the startup's current last-mile delivery operations using the SCOR model and propose improvements. Constraints: no capital expenditure for a private fle…
- Supply Chain Analysis
- Scor Model
- Logistics Optimization
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Optimize Wind-Turbine Layout with a Genetic Algorithm
You receive a wind-speed-and-direction time series for the lease area, the polygon boundary, a minimum inter-turbine spacing constraint, and a Jensen wake model. Implement a rea…
- Genetic Algorithms
- Metaheuristics
- Constraint Handling
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Lower TikTok Acquisition Costs for a Direct-to-Consumer Cosmetics Brand
Working only from the materials provided, diagnose what makes some of the brand's TikTok ads far cheaper to convert than others and recommend how to reshape future creative. Sta…
- Web Scraping
- Content Analysis
- Data Visualization
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Apply SOLID to a Java Reporting Service for a Renewable Energy Startup
Receive the legacy ReportService, 4 sample report templates (Daily Output, Monthly P&L, Annual Availability, Curtailment), and 22 fixtures (input dataset, expected report). Refa…
- Java
- Solid Principles
- Refactoring
Object-Oriented Programming and Design Develop in-demand professional skills.
Each challenge names the skills it strengthens. Over time, your profile fills with the competences a hiring manager would actually look for.
Why Ewance
- StrategyBeginnerNew
Platform Launch Strategy for a Lisbon D2C Cosmetics Startup
You are a digital strategy consultant hired by Brilho. Your task is to develop a 12-month platform launch strategy. Constraints: limited budget (€500k), a team of 10 engineers, …
- Platform Design
- Network Effects
- Business Modeling
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Integrating German and Japanese Team Cultures at a Mexico City Fintech
Your task is to analyze the cultural dimensions (e.g., Hofstede, Hall) affecting the German and Japanese teams, design a half-day workshop to build cultural intelligence, and pr…
- Cultural Analysis
- Intercultural Communication
- Workshop Design
Cross-Cultural Management - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Value a Johannesburg Direct-to-Consumer Skincare Startup
Using the company data room, the comparable funding-rounds dataset, and the founder's investment memo provided to you, value the company with at least two independent methods: t…
- Startup Valuation
- Term Sheet Analysis
- Financial Modeling
Open coursework - ResearchBeginnerNew
Run a Product Discovery Sprint for Logistics Dispatch Software
Using the company-brief and the customer-recruitment-packet, recruit and interview eight dispatchers across the five named freight-forwarder customers (the warm introduction ema…
- Product Discovery
- User Interviews
- Opportunity Solution Tree
Open coursework - Browse challenges
Explore role
Strategy Analyst
Frame the business question, model the options, build the recommendation. From market sizing to competitive analysis, this role is where strategy consulting meets in-house decision-making.
- DesignBeginnerNew
Design a Resilient Bridge Between New Commerce and Legacy SAP
Using the integration requirements case file, design how all five interactions move between the storefront and SAP ECC: order create, pricing inquiry, inventory availability, cr…
- Enterprise Integration
- SAP Integration
- Apache Camel
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Internationalization Strategy for a 40-Person SaaS Scale-Up
You are the head of international growth at DataFlow. Your task is to develop a strategy for entering the German and French markets within 12 months. You must decide between a d…
- Internationalization Strategy
- Product Localization
- Sales Channel Strategy
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Build an MLP Baseline for Credit-Default Risk at a Fintech
You receive 18 months of anonymized credit-decision data (around 600,000 applications, 80 features) with a 90-day default label. Train an MLP with regularization (dropout, weigh…
- Mlp
- Regularization
- Tabular Deep Learning
Deep Learning - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Rescue a Stalling Scrum Team at a Series-B HealthTech
Review 8 hours of recorded ceremonies and 3 sprints of Jira data (story sizing, carry-over rate, cycle time per story, blocker tags). Diagnose the top 3 root causes (likely cand…
- Scrum
- Agile Metrics
- Retrospectives
Agile Methods and Practices Get recognized by recruiters and employers.
Credentials are blockchain-anchored via LearnCoin — tamper-evident, portable, link-shareable on LinkedIn and beyond.
Why Ewance
- DesignBeginnerNew
Design a 90-Day Cognitive-Load Reduction Plan for Six Squads
Using the cognitive-load self-assessment instrument, the squad tool-surface inventory, and the platform stakeholder brief provided to you, design a cognitive-load reduction prop…
- Platform Engineering
- Cognitive Load
- Team Topologies
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Run an A/B Test on Two System Prompts for a Sales Email Assistant
You will (1) design the A/B test (random assignment by rep_id, 50/50 split, 2-week duration), (2) instrument three primary metrics: reply rate (event-based), average tokens per …
- Prompt Evaluation
- Ab Testing
- Metric Design
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Launch a Direct-to-Consumer Subscription Box for a Skincare Brand
Using the twelve-month order-history dataset, derive which products repeat buyers actually return for and what each item costs versus what it sells for, so your curation and mar…
- Product Design
- Pricing Strategy
- Customer Journey Mapping
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Diversification Strategy for a Regional Brewery Chain
Your task is to identify and evaluate three diversification opportunities for Prairie Brews: (1) launching a line of non-alcoholic craft beverages, (2) opening a chain of beer-t…
- Diversification Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Market Research
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Behavior Cloning for a Pick-and-Place Manipulator
You receive 200 human teleoperated demonstrations (state + action trajectories) of picking 8 small electronic components from a tray and placing them at marked locations in a ro…
- Behavior Cloning
- Imitation Learning
- Manipulation
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Image-Quality Triage Tool for a Tele-Radiology Network
You receive 10,000 chest-X-ray images with multi-label quality flags (rotation, clipping, motion). Train a small multi-label CNN that outputs a per-flag probability and a single…
- Medical Imaging
- Classification
- Convolutional Neural Networks
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Transfer Pricing for a Mumbai D2C Cosmetics Startup
Your task is to recommend a transfer pricing method (e.g., market-based, cost-plus, or negotiated) for the sale of products from France to Spain. Provide a detailed analysis of …
- Transfer Pricing
- Tax Analysis
- Managerial Accounting
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Fraud Risk Assessment at a Fast-Growing Jakarta Fintech
Working in a team of 3-4, build a fraud risk register covering at least eight fraud risks across revenue recognition, expected credit loss estimation, management override, and r…
- Fraud Risk Assessment
- Analytical Procedures
- Data Analytics
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Building an Apex Trigger for Lead Assignment in a SaaS Scale-up
You are a Salesforce developer at TaskFlow. Your task is to create an Apex trigger on the Lead object that assigns leads using a custom hierarchy: enterprise leads (employees >5…
- Apex
- Triggers
- Test Classes
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Capital Budgeting for a Munich D2C Cosmetics Expansion
Your task is to build a discounted cash flow model comparing the two expansion strategies over a 5-year horizon. You must estimate initial investment, projected revenues, operat…
- Discounted Cash Flow
- Net Present Value
- Internal Rate Of Return
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Build a Crop-Disease Classifier for a Smallholder Agritech Startup
You receive a curated 22,000-image cassava-disease dataset across 5 classes (4 diseases + healthy) plus a labeled 1,200-image held-out test set. Train a CNN classifier (start wi…
- Image Classification
- Cnn Architectures
- Transfer Learning
Deep Learning for Computer Vision - DesignBeginnerNew
Lean Transformation for a Boston D2C Cosmetics Startup
Your task is to develop a comprehensive lean transformation plan for GlowUp Naturals' new in-house production facility. You must propose a cellular layout, implement kanban for …
- Lean Manufacturing
- Production Layout Design
- Kanban
Open coursework
How it works
From brief to credential, in six steps.
Step 01
Browse challenges aligned to your studies.
Step 02
Accept the one that fits your goals.
Step 03
Work through it with AI Copilot guidance.
Step 04
Submit for structured evaluation.
Step 05
Earn a verified credential.
Step 06
Add it to LinkedIn with one click.
Industry teams behind a decade of practitioner briefs
Hiring from this pool?
Sponsor a challenge and meet candidates through actual work.
Industry teams can shape briefs around the skills they hire for, then evaluate students on rubric-scored deliverables — not resumes.