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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...
bateful associate
  03/23/18
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bateful associate
  03/23/18
start revising your javascript and css, those firms aren't g...
contagious corner quadroon
  03/23/18
download satoshi's original bitcoin code and go wild
charcoal federal hominid elastic band
  03/23/18
waste of time, most interview questions are on algorithms. m...
bull headed step-uncle's house
  03/23/18
Companies like bloomberg and nvidia are notorious for asking...
bateful associate
  03/23/18
Enjoy being trapped in a boiler room full of Indians and Asi...
Poppy indirect expression
  03/23/18
wish me luck brother
bateful associate
  03/23/18
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pea-brained histrionic macaca
  03/23/18
what interview questions
bateful associate
  03/24/18
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pea-brained histrionic macaca
  03/23/18
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bateful associate
  03/24/18
I practice on these sites: http://exercism.io https:/...
Fantasy-prone principal's office
  03/24/18
you a c++ dev?
bateful associate
  03/24/18
No, but there's C++ exercises on those sites
Fantasy-prone principal's office
  03/24/18
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bateful associate
  03/25/18
what the above guy said C++ is impossible to retain if yo...
naked shimmering abode
  03/27/18


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Date: March 23rd, 2018 5:16 PM
Author: bateful associate

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

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Date: March 23rd, 2018 6:24 PM
Author: bateful associate



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 6:28 PM
Author: contagious corner quadroon

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: charcoal federal hominid elastic band

download satoshi's original bitcoin code and go wild

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Date: March 23rd, 2018 6:31 PM
Author: bull headed step-uncle's house

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927099&forum_id=2#35673353)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 7:18 PM
Author: bateful associate

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: Poppy indirect expression

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: bateful associate

wish me luck brother

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Date: March 23rd, 2018 7:48 PM
Author: pea-brained histrionic macaca



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Date: March 24th, 2018 12:55 AM
Author: bateful associate

what interview questions

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Date: March 23rd, 2018 7:48 PM
Author: pea-brained histrionic macaca



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Date: March 24th, 2018 3:15 PM
Author: bateful associate



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Date: March 24th, 2018 3:21 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone principal's office

I practice on these sites:

http://exercism.io

https://leetcode.com

LeetCode especially if you're preparing for interviews

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927099&forum_id=2#35678325)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 3:28 PM
Author: bateful associate

you a c++ dev?

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Date: March 24th, 2018 3:30 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone principal's 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: bateful associate



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Date: March 27th, 2018 8:18 PM
Author: naked shimmering abode

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)