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My real interview story, and i really don't care if you want to criticize me
By ghost_9, history, 2 months ago, In English

So I had my interview scheduled for Goldman Sachs and they rejected me after 3 rounds of interviews i.e after all rounds That's fine until a girl from my department with approximately 7 cgpa got an offer from Goldman. For people who don't know, a rank of 1000 for me equals a rank of 4000 for a girl in jee advance for getting the same department. I am not an expert in CP I can improve, I want to but.......... At this point please don't shortlist boys if you don't want to be fair, I missed an interview with a company because of Goldman, and for every Indian university student (male). Don't try hard, nothing is going to change.(At least for a job)

Edited: I got an offer from NVIDIA. Some good after all.

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My coding round was exceptional still didn't get the interview call (Tier 3 college maybe that's why).At least you got a chance tho :)

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int binpow(int a, int b, int m)
{
  int res = 1;
  a = a % m;
  while (b != 0)
  {
    if (b & 1)
    {
      res = (res * a) % m;
    }
    a = (a * a) % m;
    b = b >> 1;
  }
  return res;
}

why do you put this in all of your code?

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    So if i need it, I already have it written

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      I was asking OP not you. The people i have seen do this kind of shit like putting fucntions that they never call do it mostly to evade plag check.

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        It’s called a template

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        Every second gm has some random template if you check any standings on any contest, so every one of them is a cheater??? Its not like its a random function that does nothing..

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          putting some random fucntion in your code is not template. Show me a grandmaster that puts some random fucntion that they never use in every single code.

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            maspy it is quite common to have templates copypasted, which you may or maynot need.

            I am sure the author as well has uses for that part of code, and it is clear what it does

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              not sure mate, i know pretty well known cheaters from my uni who put junk functions to confuse plag check.

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                Find some evidence of cheating which normal people do not do then.

                Your argument is literally "I know a lot of cheaters use C++. This guy uses C++. Hence, he is a cheater"

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                  yeah i know its not complete proof. Its just that i have seen way too many people bitching how they are expert on codeforces but cant get a job. In reality these are the people who cant even solve div2c without help. Too many ways to evade plag check. For example check this shit out https://codeforces.net/blog/entry/135906.

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                  are you retarded? either find some solid proof or shut the fuck up

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                  so you mean that either the binpow is a meaningless function, or op added meaningless shits in his code? I don't think a function calculating power is meaningless or it's same with those meaningless shits.

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                what do you mean "not sure"? maspy is a cheater?

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            Yes we call that as template. Even though you don't use some function at specific problem, just leaving the function at your code waiting using that function is still much better than spending useless time finding and typing those template during contest if you can handle complexity of the code. I'm confused why you asking what GM using this kind of template. you just saying people do shit with so few knowledge. Does GM means something to you? Look, can't you see all these people saying you are wrong are all higher-rating users than you and there's even IGM but you keep ignore all of them?

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            why do you think it's a random function?

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    this is called binary exponentiation. this is used to calculate a power b in o(log(b)).

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      yeah but whats the point of putting it in every code? even when its not required.

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        Not all code requires you to calculate a power b. So if it is required, instead of rewriting the whole function, I can just call it int res = power(5,30) and thus save time. They do not contribute to memory complexity as such.

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happened a lot at my college too :( it's the truth of this (and most other) industries. there's nothing we can do

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even i gave goldman sachs interview recently,i am from tier3 college got oa of gs through referal ,got rejected after 2 rounds,its tough here man,gave lots of interviews (zomato,postman,ibm) got rejected in all,i am exhausted and thinking to accept wipro offer if i didnt get any offer from good org

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    can u share ur profile or resume ?

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      if i get placed in good org i will definetly share, for overview i have zero internships as my college doesnt allowed me to go to blr,pune to complete 6 month intern(what i got most of time) ,below avg project(fullstack app,dapps) and mid coding profiles,i definetly got time ,if i didnt able to crack any good offcampus offer i can go for campus offer,so till then i grind

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Your frustration is valid, and I think many people can relate. However, instead of focusing on the system's flaws, it might help to think about how to stand out despite the challenges.

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    as I said there is no hope, don't try hard to do something.

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as my friend likes to say it chut quota

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this is my personal opinion but, I think to cp become appealing skill, it must be at least div1 (CM or greater).

Second, the femininity of young women is inherently appealing. You know how women on OnlyFans make money?

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    I think besides CP i have a pretty good CS core knowledge, research interns and good cgpa 8.81 good ranks in Indian Olympic qualifiers I never want CP to appeal so that I can get a job. I do it because it's fun, i like to study I will continue doing it irrespective of any particular job unless I find something more interesting

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    And they also rejected a master Soooo

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reject wage-slavery, return to NEET

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why we need diversity in intellectual work??? why? Just hire who is really worth for the company.

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i mean i checked your profile and it says you're an expert so idk what you're talking about

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Lol its goldman. What did you expect ? They are very well known for doing this shit

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    nah, they said that in the session before 2nd round that they would hire not based on gender, but based on skills and so its reasonable to be disappointed after seeing this

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Auto comment: topic has been updated by ghost_9 (previous revision, new revision, compare).

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Hopefully this is not offensive, but it kind of comes off that you feel like you were owed that job. Or that you were better than the person who actually got the job. I'm sure you are a decent student and stuff, but at the end of the day, it is up to the company to decide. Also, are you sure that this girl didn't have other technical skills that separated her from the other candidates?

Maybe your attitude should be more like "I am lucky to have a good job opportunity here" rather than "I am wronged for not getting a job opportunity there"

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GS did the same during this year's CDC internship.

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