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How much competitive programming is required for placements?
Is competitive programming enough for placements? Competitive Programming plays a very important role in boosting problem-solving skills and ability to perform under time pressure. But obviously, it is not at all enough to get you prepared from placement perspective.
Is coding compulsory for placement?
See coding is not compulsory criteria for all companies that recruit in campus placements. Most companies don’t need their students to learn coding compulsary and there are some companies which recruit only CSE,it,software group students these companies need their students to learn coding.
What are the big companies looking for in a competitive programmer?
Big companies like Apple, Google and Facebook want talented and smart people to work with them. So these companies keep an eye on those programmers who outperform worldwide in the contests which take place at world level. One such contest is ACM ICPC, it is like olympics for a competitive programmer.
What programming languages should I learn if I’m not a CS major?
All that being said, I think if you are from the non-CS background, the basic knowledge of programming languages like C, C++ will suffice. You should focus more on your confidence, communication skills, and a few subjects of your engineering curriculum.
What are the advantages of competitive programming?
Some person has good dynamic programming, some code faster, some think of a solution faster. In this way you learn to divide the work in team. It helps when you are working a company and doing work in a project. It’s FUN! One of the biggest factor is that competitive programming gives you a real time fun.
How to prepare for a product-based giant company Coding interview?
Crack the interview of any product-based giant company by specifically preparing with the questions that these companies usually ask in their coding interview round. Refer GeeksforGeeks Company Specific Courses: Amazon SDE Test Series, etc.