Quora Programming Challenge 2021
Quora, an American tech-company, is hosting an algorithm contest with cash prizes on February 6 and 7, 2021.
Some info copy-pasted from the contest webpage :
About the Challenge
At Quora, we work on difficult programming challenges on a daily basis. We wanted to share some of the interesting problems that we work on. Thus, we drew inspiration from real-world challenges in our product, systems, and machine learning applications to create an interesting set of algorithm problems that we hope you’ll enjoy.
Divisions
In order to accomodate a wide range of timezones, we will be holding the contest in two divisions. Each division will have its own unique set of problems and a separate set of winners and prizes. Participants can join one or both divisions. The divisions will be held at the following times:
- Division 1: Feb 6 2021, 14:00 to 18:00 (UTC + 00:00)
- Division 2: Feb 7 2021, 01:00 to 05:00 (UTC + 00:00)
Prizes
Top place finishers in each division will be awarded the following prizes:
- 1st place: $2000 USD
- 2nd place: $1000 USD
- 3rd place: $500 USD
- 4th to 10th place: $200 USD
- Top 50 places: Quora T-Shirt
Participants who score well may also be fast-tracked through our interview process, if they are interested in roles at Quora.
Rules
- You may participate in one or both divisions of the contest.
- After you register, we will send you the login information for the contest platform before the contest date.
- Each division will feature 6 problems; each problem is scored out of 100.
- Ties in score will be resolved by considering the timestamp of the final submission of each participant.
- This is an individual competition. Please refrain from discussing solutions with anyone else during the contest.
- Any case of code plagiarism will result in disqualification of all users involved from the contest.
To register, go to their webpage
I interned at Quora.
Unfortunately, I could not receive a return offer.
Why, you might ask?
Because I wrote software like CP code :).
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Is Division 1 more in difficulty than 2 unlike Codeforces Div 1 and 2 Contests or will both have the same difficulty level ?
Important question here: who's making the problems? Unless it's experienced CP contestants, it runs the risk of being either boring and easy, or unsolvable ("algorithmic" doesn't necessarily mean it has a clear full solution). In other words, would it pass as a CF contest?
lol their CEO did very well in IOI. I don't think this will be an issue.
I don't think this has anything to do with their CEO though.
why it bothers you a month ago? Chill see the problmes if they seems interesting participate else don't participate simple!
Hi! I am one of the problem setters. I am a recent Caltech grad who will be attending the (rescheduled) ICPC 2020 world finals in Moscow. The other problem setters are:
The algorithm problems should all have clear, full solutions and I hope that you’ll find the contest problems to be interesting!
cool, cool
bruh
Not hard to make a fake profile. Let's see how linkedin.com/samhyde123 fares!
Is that IOI or ICPC style contest?