Interviews

Connecting talent to opportunity through the CodeChef Certification

When professor Dr. Jayakrishnan needed an intern to join the NPTEL Data analytics team, he struggled to find the right candidate – one with...

teenage_witch
May 30, 2019 1 min read

In conversation with Taranpreet Singh – an accounting student…

Our leaderboards include coders from all kinds of backgrounds… even accounting! CodeChef talked to Taranpreet Singh, a coder and former CA student who traded...

teenage_witch
Nov 13, 2018 3 min read

Five Problems A Day, Kept The Worries At Bay…

At CodeChef, we constantly stay in touch with CCDSAP holders to make the experience better for you and to fine-tune the certification. We spoke...

teenage_witch
Oct 18, 2018 1 min read

How Sujeet aced the CCDSAP to land a job…

For Sujeet Sawala, an engineering student from Pune, tackling programming sets in front of a screen held as much interest as weaving past pawns...

admin
Apr 6, 2018 1 min read

‘Because in coding it starts with 0’, Anushi Maheshwari…

On the eve of Women’s Day, we had the opportunity to interact with a talented female coder from India, Anushi Maheshwari (5★anushi), whose coding...

ruchika_2396
Mar 8, 2018 2 min read

“Cracking INOI 2018 was the biggest breakthrough for me…”…

For Istasis Mishra (Codechef profile, Codeforces profile), a class 12 student from Kolkata, India, competitive programming opened the doors to a world of exciting...

admin
Feb 25, 2018 4 min read

How did I prepare for INOI? by Rishik Sood

Rishik Sood is studying in Class 12, Amity International School, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi. When asked, he readily shared his preparation experience for INOI...

rishik123
Jan 12, 2018 1 min read

“Ancalagon’s” tale of SnackDown 2015 Triumph

Unlike most participants, SnackDown 2015 was not my first SnackDown. I had also participated in the first edition of SnackDown (SnackDown 2010). I came...

balajiganapath
May 19, 2016 3 min read

Meet ACM ICPC 2016 World Finalist Akul Sareen of…

And it’s time to meet the third member of team “stronglyConected.” Meet Akul Sareen. Akul here shares her thoughts on ACM ICPC 2016 –...

rudreshwar
May 18, 2016 1 min read

Meet ACM ICPC 2016 World Finalist Anuj Yadav of…

Greetings CodeCheffer! We are back with yet another stronglyConected programmer, Anuj Yadav. A member of team “stronglyConnected” from Birla Institute of Technology & Science...

rudreshwar
May 16, 2016 2 min read