All-Russian annual competition for students of financial specialties

FROM October 16 to November 22, 2017 will be held"Contour. Olympics 2017 ” is an all-Russian annual competition for students of financial specialties, held by SKB Kontur in partnership with ProfBanking Banking Business School. The Olympiad is held via the Internet in the form of testing.

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SKB Kontur is one of the largest developers software for managers and accountants.

Olympic partner:

Banking Business School ProfBanking is official partner Olympics. Prizes from the organizers of the Olympiad and special prizes from ProfBanking.

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The Olympiad is held in 2 rounds. The period of the first round: from 16 to 31 October 2017. In the first round, it is necessary to answer 33 questions of an online test designed for a wide range of participants and does not require deep knowledge of the "accounting world". Each correct answer is worth 1 point. Students who score 15 or more points go to the second round.

The second round will be held from 14 to 22 November 2017. Only students who have passed the first round take part in it. In the second round, participants will be given the opportunity to answer 30 questions of an online test that checks how theoretical knowledge and the ability to apply them to solve practical problems. Each correct answer will bring 1 point. All participants will receive electronic diplomas.

The final results will be announced on November 30, 2017. The rating of results is formed taking into account the points scored and the time taken to pass the test. In case of equality of points among contenders for prizes, the solution of an additional task will be evaluated.

Winners and prize-winners are determined separately among students from higher educational institutions and from secondary educational institutions.

Participants and winners are waiting for cash prizes from the organizer, additional gifts, free ProfBanking Certificates according to those submitted on our website and, of course, the right to free education at the ProfBanking Business School!

Prizes from ProfBanking Banking Business School

All participants of the Olympiad who have passed to the second round receive the right to ONE FREE Electronic Certificate of the ProfBanking Banking Business School based on the results successful completion any one. Tests have three levels of difficulty, three attempts are allocated for passing each level. You must pass the test with a score of 75% or more. You can complete the first level, two levels, or all three difficulty levels. The certificate will be issued based on the best result at the time we process your request.

You can take testing in advance, before the Olympics, or during the competition at a convenient time. Requests for free Certificates are accepted from November 07 to November 22, 2017 on this page through a special request form, which becomes available after registration on our website.

V All-Russian online competition Kontur. Olympiad for students of financial specialties with a prize scholarship from SKB Kontur.

Students of higher and secondary specialized financial specialties can show their knowledge in the field of accounting, tax, personnel accounting and reporting and earn a scholarship from SKB Kontur educational institutions Russia. Everyone is invited to participate in the All-Russian Circuit. Olympiad.

The scholarship is awarded to the winners who showed the best results in two rounds:

Participants pass online testing on the website http://olymp.kontur.ru. The main task is to get into the main round. Those who correctly answered 15 or more questions out of 36 receive an invitation to complete the tasks of the main round of the Olympiad.

Participants solve practical cases online and answer more complex questions. You can solve them at any convenient time, but it is better to start the questions as soon as possible. The main task is to give the maximum number of correct answers in the minimum time.

What does Contour.Olympic give?

Students can apply the theoretical knowledge gained during their studies.
You can compare your knowledge with other students and win a scholarship.
Participation in the Olympiad allows you to gain knowledge about modern technologies for small and medium-sized businesses and immediately apply them in practice - in solving real professional problems.

Winners will be determined in each round.

In the qualifying round in each educational institution the winner will be determined the largest number points before other participants from their university/college. He will receive a gift certificate for 500 rubles (provided that at least 15 people participated from this educational institution).

In the main round, the winners with the most points will receive a scholarship from the Circuit in the amount of 16,000 to 40,000 rubles. In addition, individual cash prizes are awarded in additional categories: "Best in Accounting", "Best in Taxation" and "Expert in software».

The winners and participants will also receive prizes from partners of the Banking Business School ProfBanking and Kontur.Schools - up to 100% discounts on training and passing tests in the professional field.

Teachers who teach students and actively participate in the competition, assisting in attracting students, are awarded gift certificates. There would be no winners without caring and interested teachers: a lot depends on the ability of a mentor to motivate and prompt at the right time. Therefore, the organizers of the Kontur.Olympic Games established an award for teachers of the winners. More information about the award for teachers can be found on the competition website http://olymp.kontur.ru.

Conditions of the Circuit. Olympiad, details of tasks, as well as all useful information- on the site olymp.kontur.ru. Registration for the Olympiad for students and teachers is open from September 1 to October 25. Questions and suggestions are accepted by mail [email protected].

Kontur. The Olympiad is held by SKB Kontur for the fifth time, the competition covers more than 650 educational institutions throughout Russia, and more than 14,000 students became its participants last year alone.

SKB Kontur is a federal developer of online services for electronic document management, accounting and enterprise management, which are used by 1.25 million companies across the country.

The results of the Kontur.Olympic Games 2016 - a competition that the SKB Kontur company is holding for the fifth time - have been summed up.

How is the Olympics going?

1 round - qualifying

Students from higher and secondary special educational institutions participate. It is proposed to answer the questions of the online test on the competition page. There are 36 questions in the test. Each correct answer is worth 1 point. Students who score 15 points or more advance to the second round.

Round 2 - main

Students who successfully passed the first round participate. It is proposed to answer 30 questions of the online test. Each correct answer is worth 1 point.

The winners who scored the most points received a scholarship from SKB Kontur in the amount of 16,000 to 40,000 rubles. In addition, individual cash prizes were awarded in additional categories: "Best in Accounting", "Best in Taxation" and "Expert in Software".

The number of participants in the Olympiad is growing every year, the geography of participation is expanding - this year 19517 students from 1120 educational institutions of Russia took part in the qualifying round. Testing of the final round was passed by 9503 participants.

In 2016, 8 students of the Institute of Law, Economics and Finance of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University took part in the Kontur.Olympiad:

Marianna Shogenova, 2nd year Master's student;
Zukhra Gayeva, 4th year undergraduate student;
Larisa Dudueva, 1st year Master's student;
Alina Tembotova, 1st year undergraduate student;
Eldar Kishev, 1st year undergraduate student;
Luaza Sozayeva, 3rd year undergraduate student;
Leyla Bashieva, 1st year undergraduate student;
Fatima Rajapova, 2nd year student of the Master's program.

All participants showed high results in the qualifying round: L. Bashieva (31 points), F. Radzhapova (30 points), M. Shogenova (30 points), Z. Gaeva (30 points), L. Dudueva (28 points), A Tembotova (22 points), L. Sozaeva (21 points), E. Kishev (21 points). Diplomas were awarded to the participants of the first round of the Kontur.Olympics 2016.

Seven IPEiF students took part in the final round, they were awarded diplomas of participants in the main round of the Kontur.Olympic Games 2016.

To prepare for the next Kontur.Olympiad, which will be held in the fall of 2017, we invite students to study at the Kontur.Academy. For all questions, contact the Associate Professor of the Department of Accounting, Analysis and Audit Kazieva B.V.

The contour annually launches free courses in programming for students in Yekaterinburg, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Izhevsk, Perm and Kazan. Since 2013, we have grown to 7 cities and 13 universities, developed our own online platform ulearn.me , where since February 2018 there are courses not only for C # developers, but also a course for testers.

It was about him that we talked with Katya Chaplinsky, development manager and course organizer. Katya told what chips await the cadets this year, how the training went and what prospects the course has.

Katya, just in a nutshell, tell us what kind of course this is?

This is the fifth course for beginners, which introduces students to the basics of testing. Traditionally, at the end of February, we recruit a group of about 30 students and young professionals. Such a small group makes it possible to pay attention to each student, and the teachers do not get tired of checking homework. Based on the experience of past years, we assume that 10-15% of students will not reach the end of the course, so the group will be further reduced. Classes began on February 22, all of them will be held on Maloprudnaya twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The course will end before the May holidays, because in mid-May the cadets don’t have time for classes =)

What's new for you this time?

This year we recorded the entire theoretical course on ulearn.me and made it available to the public. There are 16 topics that our cadets will study at home, and dedicate classes in the office to practice.

This format of learning is called "inverted" or "learning in reverse." It is used by Khan Academy and their experience has inspired our company. This format frees teachers and students from the routine of lectures, replacing standard classroom lectures with videos and mini-tasks at home. At the beginning of the course, students receive the first set of assignments and a link to the theoretical material. A week later, they meet with the teacher to discuss the material studied, go through homework and receive new assignments and a link. And so every week - new material, assignments and practice.

The “flipped learning” format was proposed several years ago by Pasha Egorov, head of the training department, only we gave the theory in the form of links to articles, books or webinar recordings. A couple of years ago, we thought it would be cool not to link to third-party sources, but to record all the videos for the course ourselves.

And how did the video work go? As far as I know, recording a video lesson is not so easy.

Yes, it was difficult at first. A few years ago, we recorded videos in a makeshift studio in the office using a program written by students, which sometimes crashed. But the hardest part was working on camera. In 2016, we recorded only 4 topics for the entire video course, 2 - mine, and one each from Olya Musikhina and Nastya Ronzhina, and this process took a lot of time and effort.

We were still burning with the idea to write down all the topics of the theoretical course, and did not want to give up. Then we thought, what if we find a person who is confident in front of the camera, a kind of face of the course? Dima Yakin became such a person. At the beginning of May 2017, we started working on a new course that seemed to be a time wagon. But we did not take into account that it is very difficult for a person who has never taught testing and was not immersed in working with a live audience to talk about our topics. You can’t just take and record a video course with someone who didn’t teach it in reality! We recorded several videos with Dima, but they were not easy for us either.

Where did you find teachers who are also excellent in front of the camera?

There were 11 teachers, some of them would like to teach the course, but had no experience. Then we decided to hold master classes on testing for contour specialists. This is how we kill two birds with one stone: introduce employees to the basics of testing and rehearse course topics in front of a live audience. When the teacher works out the topic in front of the audience, he can easily record a video lesson.

How are your classes going now, is the difference already visible?

What other novelties await cadets?

Over the course of the last two courses, we have perfected the sequence of classes. Now we have built it in the similarity of how it is done in ISTQB. It is a tester certification program recognized worldwide. We now have distinct blocks: for example, testing tools and testing methods. We talked about the white and black box approaches, the tester's ammunition load. The topic “The Test Development Process” appeared, where we described in detail how a tester thinks, how he prepares, where he starts.

We place great emphasis on practice. At the end of the course, there will traditionally be a Big Practice - these are three classes in which the guys will test a real application - the Diadoc promo site.

Why this course is for students is understandable. Everyone wants to learn from Contour professionals. But why does the Circuit need it?

The course helps to find smart testers for an internship or directly to the team. And it's not just about those who completed the course. For example, this year we received a test task from a true professional. The girl who sent him was already at a very high level, and our course simply would not suit her - she already knows all this. We try to invite such people to an interview, our parties, not to lose sight of them. Work on the course pumps the teachers themselves. While you are explaining the topic, you can look at it from different angles, see what you did not notice while working.

What are the prospects for the course, plans, will you capture the world?

We hope that the course on ulearn will become a base, a kind of franchise, for teachers in other cities of Kontur. Of course, we will enrich it with notes for teachers, manuals, but it can already be considered a full-fledged course. Any tester of a company not even from Yekaterinburg can start teaching our course in their city. And, of course, we are waiting for everyone next year for the new course "Software Tester". Follow the news and you won't miss it!

Kontur not only creates its own online courses, but also supports external authors and developers. ulearn.me already has courses on programming, design, security, several short courses for experienced developers. If you have a cool idea for a new course -

Students of financial specialties of higher and secondary specialized educational institutions of Russia can show their knowledge in the field of accounting, tax, personnel accounting and reporting and earn a scholarship from SKB Kontur. Everyone is invited to participate in the All-Russian Circuit. Olympiad.

The scholarship is awarded to the winners who showed the best results in two rounds.

The qualifying round will be held in the format of online testing in the subject area from October 12 to 25 on the website http://olymp.kontur.ru. Participants who correctly completed more than 15 tasks of the 1st round go to the main round.

In the main round, it is proposed to solve practical cases online and answer more complex questions. It will take place from 9 to 15 November. The tasks of each round will be available for solving online all these days. You can solve them at any convenient time, but it is better to start the questions as soon as possible so that there is time to think.

In parallel with participation in the qualifying round, you can prove yourself in the Kontur.Creative: Cloud.Smiles poster photo contest and win creative gifts.

What does Contour.Olympic give?

1. Students can apply the knowledge gained during their studies in practice, in solving real professional problems.

2. Participation in the Olympiad is an opportunity to compare knowledge with other students and receive a scholarship.

3. In each round, participants will have to think about real cases, the solution of which will take place in the services of SKB Kontur.

Winners will be determined in each round.

In the qualifying round in each educational institution, a winner will be determined who has scored the most points before other participants from their university/college. He will receive a gift certificate for 500 rubles (provided that at least 10 people participated from this educational institution).

In the main round, the winners with the most points will receive a scholarship from the Circuit in the amount of 12,000 to 36,000 thousand rubles. In addition, individual cash prizes are awarded in additional categories: "Best in Accounting", "Best in Taxation" and "Expert in Software".

There would be no successful students without caring and interested teachers: a lot depends on the ability of a mentor to motivate and prompt at the right time. Therefore, the organizers of the Kontur.Olympic Games established an award for teachers, which is awarded for active participation in the competition, assistance in attracting students. This award is also given to the mentors of the winners. More information about the award for teachers can be found on the competition website http://olymp.kontur.ru.

The conditions of the Kontur.Olympiad, the details of the tasks, as well as all the useful information are available on the website olymp.kontur.ru. Questions and suggestions are accepted by mail: [email protected] ontur.ru.

Kontur. The Olympiad is held by SKB Kontur for the fourth time, the competition covers more than 300 educational institutions throughout Russia, and about 5,000 students became its participants last year alone. SKB Kontur - federal developer online services, simplifying the submission of reports, accounting at the enterprise and workflow.