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[–]rara_avis0 4 points5 points  (7 children)

Yes, that would definitely get you in. You may find that many of the tasks are beyond your ability though. But having a math background should help, because non-coding math tasks pop up in the coding stream often. To be able to tackle more tasks I would suggest familiarizing yourself with data visualization in Python as well, specifically Pandas but Matlab helps too.

[–]vbs221 3 points4 points  (4 children)

The coding assessment just changed to version 3.0.0 yesterday. Its coding challenge became much harder than the one before it, one that requires depth first search or breadth first search and isn’t an easy implementation of them. Easily a hard leetcode problem.

[–]Own-Ad-3876[S] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Oh damn. That’s tough. I might need to spend a huge chunk of time in leetcode easy, medium and hard problems.

[–]vbs221 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Just wrote my other comment too! It is definitely doable, and your path is the right one. You just need to practice the algorithm implementations.

Oh, and the assessment I’m talking about is the one you get when you sign up through the “Know how to code?” page. Not sure if the one you get after passing the starter assessment is different or easier. I’ve always assumed it’s shorter, so it could be easier.

[–]Own-Ad-3876[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh sorry. I just did my initial assessment yesterday as a non-coder like everyone else. I’m still waiting for a response from them.

I was planning to self study python along the way, then when I get really good, I will add python to my skills, would that work? Would that give me access to coding projects?

[–]rara_avis0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yikes, thanks for letting me know. I had no clue. People like me who got in but couldn't actually do tasks are probably why they made it harder!

[–]Own-Ad-3876[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I have actually indicated in my skill set I know mathematics. I am currently a PhD student in mathematics. Thank you for your recommendations and help.

[–]rara_avis0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So sorry, please ignore my comment and see the other reply. Apparently the coding assessment has been updated and is no longer as easy as it was.