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Newbie seeking guidance!!!
By tejaskh3, history, 10 months ago, In English

Hello folks, I hope you all are doing well.

This is Tejas a pre-final year Btech computer science and Engineering student, in my first year I solved around 200 problems of Data Structure and Algorithms and then when I came to the second year I left solving that and focused on web development. But after getting rejected from multiple companies I realized that DSA and CP are most important thing to clear. And i need to have a job till my graduation ends It is so important to me.

I want some help as I am a newbie on codeforces, can you guys please tell me these things? -> given that, side by side I am working on projects as well. 1. How can I be good in an optimized way under 6 months as I have not more than that?

  1. What strategy to follow to solve questions?

  2. While up solving the contest how much level should I try, should I up solve all the questions of just those which are a few above my rating?

  3. What mistakes to avoid?

  4. Lastly I want a small peer group for this where I can discuss my doubts and problems so we can be friends on CF may be of same rating or slightly above?

And i guess this might be a problem of a lot, so those who have tackled this condition please suggest something. Thanks in advance

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friends----> i m up.

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  1. Solve 30-40 questions of x rating. Once you feel like you can solve them easily, go for x+100 rating. Continue this.
  2. For now, solve all questions that were solved by >2.5k participants during the contest
  3. Stay consistent. Consistency does not mean to make a coding streak. Consistency means to not take a huge gap that you forget your learnings.
  4. Check for some discord groups like ACDladders group.
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    Thankyou so much this rnick. I have another question on this as you said to solve x rating's 30-40 question do i need to solve them topic wise or just select rating wise. Also can we connect?

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      Random/rating wise would be nice, also, try to hide tags of the unsolved problem. Try to have an open mind while solving. Knowing that a question is brute force will only make you biased and make the question easier. After thinking for a while about a question, you can go check the question in incognito tab to check its tag, but only as a hint. Learn with every passing question. Learn about every new STL you encounter. Yes, you can connect, you can DM.

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        i'm also a newbie , is it possible that i contact you private so you can guide me?

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          I wont guide anything specific unless you've attended atleast 10 contests. So practice, give contests. I'll see you again after 10 contests! Don't miss any contest and upsolve after contests! Same message for tejaskh3 and other newbies. Happy to Help <3

          Edit: I can connect you with some pretty good discord servers with great CP environment.

          https://codeforces.net/blog/entry/117653

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Open https://acm.timus.ru and solve in order of difficluty.

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    Is there any editorial for these problems?..i cant find on the site

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      In discussion there is sometimes answer to problem. But the site is meant to have no editorials

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A question. When you gave interview to multiple companies, Did they only focused on CP/DSA as a fresher or expected you to have a good knowledge in the tech its working on. Pls fill me in on this info. It's always on my mind mostly.

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    First two to three rounds are only of DSA/CP or may be a couple aptitude questions along with dsa and after that depending upon their requirement and policy there can be more two to three rounds including project discussion, CS fundamentals(operating system, computer networks, DBMS etc), and lastly HR round.

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      Can you compare the interview questions with Div2 contests?

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        dude interview questions are not related in anyway to codeforces problems big difference

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          True, but i am taking about OA I lot of my friends and youtubers suggest to do cp to clewr Online Assessment.

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just solve this, and you're good to go.

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