Hey everyone! As the pivot is approaching I have decided to heavily invest in a question about myself, as I don't think I will be able to withdraw money from Manifold later. So, I decided to create this question with a massive subsidy, relative to my budget - 1000. Not only will I subsidize this market - all unique trader bonuses earned before the pivot, + all free money after it will be spent on this market in the form of subsidy or buying YES shares. Additionally, I will share monthly updates on my progress.
So, the question is, will I find an internship? Most of the info can be found on my CV on LinkedIn, but I will also provide some insights.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yehor-kozyr
I have a few issues.
I am currently finishing my Bachelor's in CS and I got into the MSc at ETH Zurich. If all the visa and housing problems go smoothly, I will be starting the program this year.
I am a non-EU national, so finding an internship in Switzerland will be impossible due to regulations and I would need to find one abroad, in a country that doesn't require a university to submit an approval of work for a work permit application. Potential options as far as I know are the UK, Netherlands, Canada, Spain, and Germany.
I will be aiming for a spring internship due to the way the study semester is made in ETH - lectures until the end of May, and actual exams - in August.
What companies am I targeting?
Any of the companies that are willing to take me xD
To be honest, I would love to work in trading as a software engineer, as I find myself really comfortable with all the math problems, DSA, and C++, so that sounds like a good option to me. I am working on improving my CV in that area - a few small projects I will finish during the summer + part of the graduation project can be published as a stand-alone data structure implementation.
What is the resolution criteria?
Easy as that - if I get myself a temporary software engineer job with a duration of a couple of months outside of my university in 2025, the market resolves as YES.
Otherwise - resolves NO
How can you help?
If you have any referrals, especially trading - please shoot an email to the address found here kozyr.xyz/about
Feel free to ask any questions in the comments, the description will be updated if I find the information important enough to be mentioned.
Boost or subsidize the question to get more people to know about this -> more chance to get a referral.
Heavily inspired by @SanghyeonSeo
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3.00@pzet all the updates are in the spreadsheet, and I am unsure if I can distribute certain information about interviews. I will post an update in the case of rejections/acceptance.
Dear Manifold Network, NEW UPDATE ALERT,
I did not succeed in the HRT and IMC interviews. While IMC interviews provided me with feedback of not being collaborative during the technical interview (hella weird but ok), the HRT rejection came as a surprise. I have solved all of the given tasks debugged and demonstrated that solutions ran correctly during the interview, yet for some reason the interviewer rejected me. The problem was trivial and I was able to implement it fully. The Citadel interview went smoothly but after this HRT rejection, I am not able to speak confidently about my performance in the interviews.
Dear Manifold Network, NEW UPDATE ALERT
I went offline for quite some time due to the pivot and preparation for the technical interviews I had recently with multiple companies. I can update you today, that I will be having final interviews this week with IMC, next week with HRT and the first round with Citadel. Wish me luck, I will need it xD
Dear Manifold Network, NEW UPDATE ALERT
I just got an email saying Optiver will not move further with my application. Unfortunately, it unfolded this way, even though I can't say I feel like I failed the interview -- everything was smooth, and I did not leave any unanswered questions. Sadge.
HRT interview is next I will be preparing for that one. And if not, I will comeback stronger next year.
Dear Manifold Network, NEW UPDATE ALERT
I just did the behavioural interview with Optiver. However, after the interview, I wasn't quite sure if I passed, due to talking quite a lot about one of my biggest negative experiences in terms of collaboration and myself. Nevertheless, I got through and I have basically repeated my internship hiring PR - reaching a technical screening. I have never gotten past this, but as I now have more experience and know what to expect, I have scheduled the interview in 2 weeks and will be preparing for it now. Additionally, the HRT OA that I did recently came back positive and I will now have a tech screen in 1.5 weeks. My progress is in this spreadsheet as usual. See you after the screenings!
Dear Manifold Network, NEW UPDATE ALERT
I was doing a lot of OA this weekend -- check my progress in this spreadsheet. As a result, Optiver returned to me and we are moving forward! The next step is a behavioural interview, which I passed the last time I took it in 2022, so should be a smooth one after some prep. See you again later!
Dear Manifold Network,
I am thrilled to announce that I got my first rejection in this hiring season! The news come from DRW, a trading firm and I am literally speechless. First, it seems like the OA wasn't sent automatically and had a very limited time frame for completion making it sound like there was a stage of prescreening,The OA at their place was by far the easiest among those that I have completed -- probably 2nd easiest among all of my OAs landing right after Microsoft OA I did in March 2022. I didn't struggle and came up with a correct solution for all of the problems in 55 minutes of 3 hours allocated for them, additionally I have solved all of the tasks in C++, as the email with the invite recommended to do so as they were aiming to hire some C++ devs. The tasks were easy, 1nd and 3rd taking only 5-7 mins each, but the 2nd was annoying due to a shitty input data that needed to be preprocessed, thus delaying my solution on that one. But it is what it is, I hope that other OAs that went as smoothly as this one won't turn out that bad for me. See you in the next update!
Currently, yes but to be honest I haven't applied to any specific Spring posting, as there are not many. I will try to negotiate with any company, to start my internship in May/April. However, any internship will do for the YES resolution.
August Update!
This is the first update and more are coming. I have started applying -- my progress will be tracked in this spreadsheet . I am currently improving my C++ knowledge by writing a couple of projects, but I have not put them on my resume. Additionally, I am returning to regularly solving LeetCode to get used to solving problems fast. So far I got 0 rejections and a very easy OA at Citadel - solved both problems in ~15-20 minutes out of allocated 66. To mark the beginning of my application process, I have increased the subsidy to 3k. Stay tuned!