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Is it true that top companies offer jobs/internships for top contestants in their organized contests?
By ytml20010, history, 4 years ago, In English

Hello Codeforces

Every year big companies like Google and Facebook organize many programming contests, like Google hash code, Google code jam, Facebook hacker cup... I was wondering, is it really true that top contestants are offered jobs/internships at these companies? someone told me that this year everyone who reached Facebook hacker cup round 3 were offered internships and every one who reached the onsite contest got a job offer at Facebook. Can anyone please confirm or deny that? Please share your knowledge with the community.

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Companies definitely use their programming contests as a recruiting tool, using them to find interview candidates. I highly doubt companies would hire directly from a contest result without even talking to the person: If you participate/do well in a contest, what's more likely is you'll be looped into the recruiting process like most other people. Of course, if you did well in a contest, any technical rounds might be somewhat of a formality.

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I can answer that at least technically both your statements are not true. I have won Round 3, but I didn't get neither internship nor job offer. I might have opt out of receiving them, I don't remember.

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    But you said in some of your comments that you are smarter than anyone here and also worth more than thousand cyans , you defeated tourist by 1 whole question , so why ma boi didn't got ?

    I can answer that at least technically both your statements are not true.

    Is not your first statement contradicts with last :

    I might have opted out

    If you are not sure that you opted out or not , isn't you first statement absurd.

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      Obviously, because he opted out from that. Do you really think ,there exists any CS institution that can reject a legendary grandmaster.

      There are 100 of countries, that hasn't produced even a single lgm until now. He is a lot more valuable.

      Your hate will do no harm to him.

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Every GCJ finalist is offered an onsite interview during finals. That being said, getting hired by a big company is much much easier than being top25 in the world in a big competition (even just once by luck) so I don't recommend a mindset "I want to get Google so my goal is getting to GCJ finals". It's like winning some strength/running-related Olympics in order to become military just because you're scared of some fitness test.

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    The exact wording in my form was more along the lines of "you might be called for an interview if Google decides they have the availability to do it", which I thought was weird as it sounded like they were doing some sort of big favor by (considering) interviewing the finalists.

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