TCS CodeVita season-4 Online coding contest experience

TCS CodeVita season-4 Online coding contest experience...

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Hi all,

           Friends!! Ravi and me had appeared for TCS online contest. We feel proud to share our experience regarding same.

             As we usually participate in many inter-college competitions individually but it was the first online competition for us. The scenario is different in case of online competition where your code is tested against an online judge in real time. It was a thrilling feel as it was something new for us and the advantage with our team was that we were aware of both programming languages i.e. C as well as Java,  I preferred to code in Java while Ravi chose  C.

            In case of online coding round, your code gets real time tested against the test cases that are already generated. So our code cannot be accepted unless it passes all the test-cases. In round 1 there were 8 questions. Our first step was to discuss the pseudo code of each problem and then we initiated with actual coding where each one of us was solving a problem simultaneously. While submitting our code, many times we came across compilation errors and run time errors. In each attempt while correcting our code we came up with new ways to solve an error. We also realized that we could have performed more well if we had revised our concepts. Although we were clear with the logic of problem statements but somewhere we realized that we are lacking understanding in minute concepts which are very essential to make a win. In the process, we also uncovered good strategies that made us to think differently for the problem.

            Although, unfortunately we didn’t make it to the second round, but we had a great experience from CodeVita as we realized our mistakes and understood the importance of constant revision. We have planned to attempt the problem statements once we are through our semester exams. We wish that we get to learn things and diverse experiences via such upcoming competitions. We pay our thanks to TCS team and importantly to our college training and development department.

              For your reference please check the attached docs having the code that we attempted.

With Regards,

Navin Waghwani

 

Reply from TCS Team to our TPO

 

Dear Dhanraj Sir,

Thank for sharing the experience.
I suggest, let the kids take a selfie and share it with us. we'll publish it in appropriate forum on Campus Commune.

I am sure that will motivate your students to consistently persue their interest in Campus Commune

Thanks & Regards
Suyog Bhandekar
TAG Campus Lead, Pune
Tata Consultancy Services Limited.

Questions which we attempted in test are as below...

Problem A 

Problem B


Problem C


Problem D


Problem E


Problem F


Problem G


Problem H