I am not in a hiring position but Mr. Peter Norvig says that being good at programming competitions correlates negatively with being good on the job at Google.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.catonmat.net&#x2F;blog&#x2F;programming-competitions-work-performance&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.catonmat.net&#x2F;blog&#x2F;programming-competitions-work-p...</a>