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Quora Programming Challenge 2021
By kfqg, history, 3 years ago, In English

Quora Programming Challenge 2021

Quora, an American tech-company, is hosting an algorithm contest with cash prizes on February 6 and 7, 2021.

Some info copy-pasted from the contest webpage :

About the Challenge

At Quora, we work on difficult programming challenges on a daily basis. We wanted to share some of the interesting problems that we work on. Thus, we drew inspiration from real-world challenges in our product, systems, and machine learning applications to create an interesting set of algorithm problems that we hope you’ll enjoy.

Divisions

In order to accomodate a wide range of timezones, we will be holding the contest in two divisions. Each division will have its own unique set of problems and a separate set of winners and prizes. Participants can join one or both divisions. The divisions will be held at the following times:

  • Division 1: Feb 6 2021, 14:00 to 18:00 (UTC + 00:00)
  • Division 2: Feb 7 2021, 01:00 to 05:00 (UTC + 00:00)

Prizes

Top place finishers in each division will be awarded the following prizes:

  • 1st place: $2000 USD
  • 2nd place: $1000 USD
  • 3rd place: $500 USD
  • 4th to 10th place: $200 USD
  • Top 50 places: Quora T-Shirt

Participants who score well may also be fast-tracked through our interview process, if they are interested in roles at Quora.

Rules

  1. You may participate in one or both divisions of the contest.
  2. After you register, we will send you the login information for the contest platform before the contest date.
  3. Each division will feature 6 problems; each problem is scored out of 100.
  4. Ties in score will be resolved by considering the timestamp of the final submission of each participant.
  5. This is an individual competition. Please refrain from discussing solutions with anyone else during the contest.
  6. Any case of code plagiarism will result in disqualification of all users involved from the contest.

To register, go to their webpage

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I interned at Quora.

Unfortunately, I could not receive a return offer.

Why, you might ask?

Because I wrote software like CP code :).

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Auto comment: topic has been updated by kfqg (previous revision, new revision, compare).

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Is Division 1 more in difficulty than 2 unlike Codeforces Div 1 and 2 Contests or will both have the same difficulty level ?

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Important question here: who's making the problems? Unless it's experienced CP contestants, it runs the risk of being either boring and easy, or unsolvable ("algorithmic" doesn't necessarily mean it has a clear full solution). In other words, would it pass as a CF contest?

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    3 years ago, # ^ |
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    lol their CEO did very well in IOI. I don't think this will be an issue.

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      I don't think this has anything to do with their CEO though.

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    3 years ago, # ^ |
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    why it bothers you a month ago? Chill see the problmes if they seems interesting participate else don't participate simple!

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    Hi! I am one of the problem setters. I am a recent Caltech grad who will be attending the (rescheduled) ICPC 2020 world finals in Moscow. The other problem setters are:

    • Myungwoo Chun (Myungwoo), an ICPC world finalist who also represented South Korea at IOI 2010 and 2011
    • Hwan Seung Yeo, an ICPC world finals medalist who also represented South Korea at IOI 2003
    • Ryan Cheu, a senior ML engineer

    The algorithm problems should all have clear, full solutions and I hope that you’ll find the contest problems to be interesting!

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mandatory linkedin url

bruh

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    3 years ago, # ^ |
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    Not hard to make a fake profile. Let's see how linkedin.com/samhyde123 fares!

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Is that IOI or ICPC style contest?

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