Dear Interview Candidate, First of all, congratulations on winning the National Data Science Challenge (NDSC) 2019! To clarify, winners of the NDSC will be given an opportunity for a full-time or internship position. However, this is not a guaranteed placement. We sincerely apologize if this wasn't stated clearly to you beforehand. For the other winners of NDSC, they too had to go through the usual application process and only those who have passed all the interview rounds will be given the offer. The advantage for the winners of NDSC is that they are given a guaranteed phone screening slot with our recruiters. Furthermore, we did not limit the full-time or internship position to only Data Science, but to all open positions in Shopee. We believe that our recruiters saw you as a better fit for the Regional Operations team based on your background and experiences, and therefore recommended the role to you. We sincerely apologize if that caught you by surprise and we should have better explained why the role was more suitable for you. We appreciate your kind feedback and we will wish you all the best! Thank you!