Interviews with winners

Olympiad winners tell how they came to informatics, how they prepared for the contests and what they would tell students who are just starting. Pick a story to read the whole conversation.

Daria Perekopska

“The main thing is to start, and then everything is not as difficult as it may seem”

Daryna Kerpenko

“I did not prepare for any particular Olympics, I prepared for all at the same time”

Denys Tereshchenko

“If you do not enjoy what you are doing, there is a great risk of burning out fast”

Nazarii Denha

“Olympic experience helps to find a job. After all, employers see that you have success and this is already a big plus for most”

Oleh Naver

“The formula for success, in my opinion, is very simple and the same for many disciplines. Success = talent * diligence”

Roman Mielamud

“It turns out you can score 92 points without getting into the problems at all. That was one of the first moments when I understood how much strategy matters”

Roman Yanushevskyi

“The most interesting are difficult problems when I am not sure that I will be able to solve it. Even if I sit on it for half an hour, it is not a fact that I will solve it - then the interest only grows.”

Sofiia Melnyk

“I remember when I was in junior school, taking pictures with the medals brought by other students from International Olympiads and dreaming that one day I would bring them too”