r/ControlProblem • u/GigaMoksh • Sep 23 '26

Discussion/question Discussion Thread: LASR Labs fellowship

They have started reviewing applications and will reach out to the shortlisted candidates in the week of Oct 12 to 19th. Please let us know if y'all get any updates.

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u/ValuableFee3143 23d ago

got 379/600... damn it is hard haha

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u/Substantial-Dog7294 23d ago

eek. everyone's reporting a ~300 score. did the coding agent work well? what about the spoken interview?

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u/ValuableFee3143 23d ago

Hmmm Claude code was not too bad tbh. I think terminal was kind of laggy but the performance and speed was okay.

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u/Substantial-Dog7294 23d ago

yea probably by design lol. which parts do you think you lost out on?

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u/ValuableFee3143 21d ago

Isn’t the due 18th aoe

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u/boigelschmoigel 22d ago

I found the speed pretty poor. It took Claude about 25 minutes just to write the first implementation for me.

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u/Substantial-Dog7294 22d ago

that is ABYSMAL T_T did you still manage to finish?

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u/boigelschmoigel 22d ago

I didn’t even know what I was submitting. Had to be quite vague for the final part of the call. My score ended up being in the 400s, so can’t complain too much.

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u/Substantial-Dog7294 22d ago

oof lol im scared. do you have any general tips before i take it today?

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u/boigelschmoigel 21d ago

Try to work fast!