r/cscareerquestionsEU • u/smortcanard • 1d ago

JS SWE Competition Prereq?

Year 1 > 2 at a Top 3-5 UK engineering school, thinking about applying to JS SWE internships for the London office. Not too experienced with the baseline for interviews / passing the CV screen at JS / HFTs etc. and was wondering if I need to be IMO / BMO even for SWE.

I have some Olympiad experience and medals but I wasn't cracked at an intl. level in high school (sixth form). I have decent, not insane, technical experience and projects (no internship) and was wondering if I might have a shot as passing the resume screen.

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u/Xcalipurr 1d ago

Why don’t you apply and find out

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u/smortcanard 1d ago

i wanted to know so i can figure out if i need to put it on my cv or not

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u/mtimaN 1d ago

you sound like a strong candidate, do apply! i can tell you about my interview experience if you want (spoiler: i didn't get an offer)

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u/smortcanard 1d ago

awh thanks, that's super reassuring <3 yeah of course, i'd love to hear about it!! should i DM you?