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🎥 Meeting Recording Intern ke Fundae 2023

Summary of Internship Test Tips and Experiences:

1 Dhruv Tyagi (Quadeye Quant Tesearch CS1):

  • Did Quant as he found Quant prep resources more interesting than tech (Interivews and actual work in interns differ a lot but are a good way to get a rough idea of what interests you).
  • Focussed on quant-related topics
  • Resources he followed for Quant
  • Jane Street is challenging to crack and interviews have difficult Olympiad type probability puzzles
  • CG cutoff for Quadeye was 8.5+
  • Most good quant companies have a CGPA cutoff of 8+
  • Stay confident in interviews (knowing things and doing well in interviews is very different)
    • Prepare for standard interview questions in advance
    • Do mock interviews
    • Be clear and confident while speaking
    • Don't stutter and also don't speak very quickly
    • Interact with the interviewer don't make it a monologue
  • Maintain a good balance and stay healthy during the exhausting two-week of tests.
  • Internship was focussed on researching on how financial news can affect markets. Involves coding in R for data science and experiments.
  • Working hours are 9:30 am to 7 pm but most people stay till 8 pm
    • Since everybody wants a PPO most people put in the extra effort
  • If you apply and don’t give the test fill the LAF (Leave Application form)
  • Don’t focus on just a few companies keep all options open
    • Don't prepare for just one/two companies, you might just have a bad day
    • Don't prepare for too many companies, it becomes exhausting giving all tests
  • In conclusion don’t apply for few companies as you might have a bad day so keep safer options open too, also don’t apply in too many companies as you won't be able to manage your time.

2 Vidushi Agarwal CS1 (Google India SDE):

  • Be clear about the type of company you want to join.
  • Important topics for SDE coding tests
    • Dynamic programming
    • Graph algorithms
    • Bit manipulation
    • Binary search
  • LeetCode medium and easy problems are sufficient, tackle hard problems later
    • Don't do too hard problems it can be demotivating
    • Also don't waste time on doing too easy problems
  • If you have a rating between 1600-1700 rating on CF its good enough to clear rounds easily. (having a good rating doesn't directly mean you qualify tests neither does it help much in the shortlisting it justs indicates that your prep is good enough)
  • CV should highlight relevant projects according to the role.
  • For Devlopment Profile you can show course projects like Processor Design in COL216 / Compiler Design in COL226
    • Projects are not an important deciding criterion for shortlisting
    • They mostly become a talking point in the interview round
  • For ML profiles add ML projects in CV
    • Tip: you can make different CVs for different roles on the OCS portal
  • ECA and PORs don't matter much in tech roles
  • Explain your approach from scratch in interviews and gradually switch to optimal solutions.
  • Mock interviews and CV reviews from seniors are helpful.

3 Prabal Singh CS1 (Adobe Research):

  • He focused more on research. (nice to be clear what to focus on)
  • He prepared for coding interviews during the summer using InterviewBit and LeetCode.
  • Interview bit has a good coverage of topics (Do all questions for the important topics)
  • Seek guidance and experiences from seniors.
    • Get your CVs reviewed
    • Ask them about their experiences in interviews and internships
    • Ask them about their experience to decide which company to go to
  • Research-oriented roles require self-discipline and workload management.
  • Adobe offers mentoring, gym, free food, and nap rooms.
  • Health should be a priority. Don't stress too much
  • Test included LeetCode medium problems and 1-2 hard problems.
  • Emphasize on research-related experiences in your CV for research profiles.
  • Learn machine learning, at least up to Andrew Ng's course for ML roles.

4 Tanish Gupta CS1 (NK Securities):

  • Understand C++ OOPS concepts (Extremely important for Systems Interviews)
  • Have an answer ready for why you want to do that intern
  • Intern Work: Test trading strategies in quant and verify accuracy.
  • Sleep properly during tests and don't get tired.
  • No questions on financial knowledge in the quant test.
  • You can sit in up to 5 companies on any day. (Fill your preferences carefully, if you fill all the top companies as the first 5, get shortlisted for all of them but cannot clear their interviews on Day-1, you won't be able to give the interview for the 6th company in your list and will have to sit for Day-2)

5 Kartik Sharma CS1 (Optiver Trading):

  • Software and trading roles have the same test (initial few rounds).
  • Software role has a CP round, quant has a group discussion on trading problems / probability strategy games followed by quant / tech interviews.
  • Contribute to group discussions and showcase strong points.
  • HR round on final day.
  • You get good exposure and environment in international internships.

6 Kshitij Singh CS1 (Graviton Systems):

  • Coding test for software role includes 4 questions similar to Codeforces problems rated 1600-1700.
  • Pen paper probability test for Quant role.
  • Work from 10 AM to 8 PM.
  • Prepared with GFG (GeeksforGeeks) for DSA questions.

7 Manthan Dalmia CS1 (SDE Nirvana - Startup):

  • Impact can be higher in smaller teams even as an intern for startups
  • Understand the complete functioning of the company and interact with all verticals/people in a startup.
  • Learn OOPS concepts for interviews.
  • Practice mock interviews with friends and seniors.
  • Keep preferences to yourself and don’t disclose to companies