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Preparation Workshop for the Programming Contest

July 31, 2015
From July 20 to 25, a workshop was held, led by Germán Chiazzo, to prepare students for programming interviews and for the competition organized by the school during Student Day.

Preparation Workshop for the Programming ContestThe goal of the workshop was to provide a better understanding of this type of interview and to prepare students for future job interviews at companies like Facebook.

“During the workshop, we worked on different interview algorithms, and we were sponsored by Facebook Inc.,” explains Chiazzo.

“The company shipped prizes directly from its headquarters to be distributed on the last day of the contest and also tracked the results,”

“The prizes included T-shirts, planners, pens, backpacks, water bottles, stickers, and data cables,” says Chiazzo.

At the end of the workshop, a mock interview was conducted, and the winners were:

  • 1st place: Federico Ruiz and Kevin Chacon
  • 2nd place: Ricardo Cortio and Guillermo Hernández.
  • 3rd place: Diego Zuluaga and Bruno Ferrari

The contest winners 2nd place