A series of articles on landing a consulting job after an undergraduate degree — If you haven’t read Part 1 of this article which gives an introduction to consulting, drop by there first! In this article, I will talk about the dreaded interview process which is the make or break point for every aspirant. Contents What is a case interview? What are interviewers looking for? …

A series of articles on landing a consulting job after an undergraduate degree — If you haven’t read Part 1 of this article which gives an introduction to consulting, drop by there first! …

A series of articles on landing a consulting job after an undergraduate degree — If you haven’t read Part 1 of this article which gives an introduction to consulting, drop by there first! In this article, I will briefly talk about the rounds of selection to land a consulting job at any of the top 3 consulting firms (MBB). …

A series of articles on landing a consulting job after an undergraduate degree — Hey everyone! My name is Ruthu, and I am a senior at IIT Kharagpur. I majored in Aerospace along with a minor in Computer Science and Engineering and a micro-specialisation in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. I will be joining Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as an Associate Consultant post graduation. In this…

My work and experience with the Outlook team at Microsoft Bangalore — In this article, I will mainly talk about my internship experience at Microsoft Outlook, what I worked on, what I learned, and some highlights. To read about how I secured the internship, you can take a look at this article. Contents My Work at Microsoft Timeline -A Typical Day at Microsoft …

Using the Wikipedia API to extract Wikipedia user data and preprocess it — Contents Introduction Code Walkthrough Further Reading Introduction Wikipedia is one of the most frequently visited websites on the internet worldwide. It represents a key source of information for a wide variety of purposes for a significant proportion of people and as such, it becomes very important to…

My journey to and experience as a Student Placement Coordinator at IIT Kharagpur — The year is 2021. IIT Kharagpur has just had its best-ever placement season with the largest-ever batch size. Some highlights of the year - Fastest ever IIT to reach 1000 -crossing 1100 by just Day 3 Highest ever (1650+) number of students placed in Phase I 2 offers exceeding 2…

C++ code to encrypt a binary string using Merkle-Hellman encryption — Contents Introduction Merkle-Hellman Knapsack Cryptosystem C++ Implementation Outputs for Binary Plaintext Strings Further Reading Introduction Cryptography is the science or art of secret writing. The fundamental objective of cryptography is to enable 2 people to communicate over an insecure channel in such a way that an opponent cannot understand what is being…

C code to decrypt a string encoded using the Playfair cipher — If you haven’t read this article on Playfair Encryption, go take a look first! It has a brief on the Playfair cipher as well as the logic behind most of the code. Contents The Playfair Cipher Rules for Decryption C Implementation Outputs for Some Ciphertexts Further Reading The Playfair Cipher Assuming the keyword is…