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C++ mastermen get ITT: Recommend how to improve C++ skills for fall interviews

In stem MYMASTERS right now, going to start interviewing for...
pontificating water buffalo
  03/23/18
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pontificating water buffalo
  03/23/18
start revising your javascript and css, those firms aren't g...
chestnut ticket booth gunner
  03/23/18
download satoshi's original bitcoin code and go wild
brilliant black woman
  03/23/18
waste of time, most interview questions are on algorithms. m...
red french native community account
  03/23/18
Companies like bloomberg and nvidia are notorious for asking...
pontificating water buffalo
  03/23/18
Enjoy being trapped in a boiler room full of Indians and Asi...
unholy adventurous haunted graveyard
  03/23/18
wish me luck brother
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  03/23/18
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Buck-toothed stain abode
  03/23/18
what interview questions
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  03/24/18
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pontificating water buffalo
  03/24/18
I practice on these sites: http://exercism.io https:/...
Charismatic volcanic crater office
  03/24/18
you a c++ dev?
pontificating water buffalo
  03/24/18
No, but there's C++ exercises on those sites
Charismatic volcanic crater office
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pontificating water buffalo
  03/25/18
what the above guy said C++ is impossible to retain if yo...
Stirring mentally impaired indian lodge crotch
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Date: March 23rd, 2018 5:16 PM
Author: pontificating water buffalo

In stem MYMASTERS right now, going to start interviewing for full time roles in fall. Want to market myself as strong C++ developer and apply to quant finance shops, big 4 etc.

Plan to do a few hundred leetcode problems this summer as well as read up on c++11/14 stuff. Bought a copy of algorithm design manual recently, but idk how digestable it is. Also may cop Effective Modern C++ by scott meyers.

Also considering Interview cake, or doing problems on hackerrank, codeforces, etc

Any advice for how to prioritize all this stuff over the next 6 months? thank

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927099&forum_id=2#35672659)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 6:24 PM
Author: pontificating water buffalo



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 6:28 PM
Author: chestnut ticket booth gunner

start revising your javascript and css, those firms aren't going to hire you.

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Date: March 23rd, 2018 6:29 PM
Author: brilliant black woman

download satoshi's original bitcoin code and go wild

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Date: March 23rd, 2018 6:31 PM
Author: red french native community account

waste of time, most interview questions are on algorithms. memorizing the language spec won't help you much. if you're that kind of guy though, you better be able to cite chapter and verse to settle any obscure questions. most teams have a very, very limited use for that type of guy, and try to avoid getting into those nasty areas of the language to begin with.

Meyers' book is decent though, and worth reading.

FWIW I do work for a major algo/quant firm (think Tower, etc.) and we don't ask language questions beyond basics like "what's a virtual function?" "what are common use cases for templates?" "what does mutable mean?" "what is const correctness?"

in reality IQ and not being a dickhead are all that matters, hence the algo questions.

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Date: March 23rd, 2018 7:18 PM
Author: pontificating water buffalo

Companies like bloomberg and nvidia are notorious for asking c++ language specific stuff.

What do you recommend for preparing for algo questions?

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Date: March 23rd, 2018 7:24 PM
Author: unholy adventurous haunted graveyard

Enjoy being trapped in a boiler room full of Indians and Asians with no social skills

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Date: March 23rd, 2018 7:33 PM
Author: pontificating water buffalo

wish me luck brother

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Date: March 23rd, 2018 7:48 PM
Author: Buck-toothed stain abode



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Date: March 24th, 2018 12:55 AM
Author: pontificating water buffalo

what interview questions

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Date: March 23rd, 2018 7:48 PM
Author: Buck-toothed stain abode



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Date: March 24th, 2018 3:15 PM
Author: pontificating water buffalo



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Date: March 24th, 2018 3:21 PM
Author: Charismatic volcanic crater office

I practice on these sites:

http://exercism.io

https://leetcode.com

LeetCode especially if you're preparing for interviews

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Date: March 24th, 2018 3:28 PM
Author: pontificating water buffalo

you a c++ dev?

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Date: March 24th, 2018 3:30 PM
Author: Charismatic volcanic crater office

No, but there's C++ exercises on those sites

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927099&forum_id=2#35678385)



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Date: March 25th, 2018 4:02 PM
Author: pontificating water buffalo



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Date: March 27th, 2018 8:18 PM
Author: Stirring mentally impaired indian lodge crotch

what the above guy said

C++ is impossible to retain if you aren't using it very frequently. just do as many interview questions as possible in it, and in particular writing data structures (post on codereview at stackexchange if you want feedback, especially as it pertains to writing "modern" C++; indians on question/interview sites tend to just write garbage C-style). I knew it half decently only a year ago and it looks like latin to me now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927099&forum_id=2#35704321)