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Discussion on: Competitive programming - is it really important?

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Saurabh Sharma

I think it is more of a common practice in hiring fresh engineers. Because in the other case you can already see his capabilities in his projects.

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Yash Soni

Well I’ve seen some companies have this for even Senior Engineers.

Also, just looking at projects cannot give a good idea about the candidates true potential - ppl exaggerate a lot in resumés. So a detailed discussion is anyway required there.