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1. A Software Manager asking about projects and technical decisions within projects. Technical question was variation of common BST-related problem asked by Microsoft. 2. SWE asking about projects and teamwork. Technical question was Meeting Rooms 2. 3. Software Manager asking system design question. Fairly lax since New Grad, so just talk about things you would consider when building the system (how to make things scalable, what databases to have, important features). Question was about cloud services product design. 4. Normally called the AA meeting, only for people who did well, but for virtual interviews they seem to give this to everyone no matter what. With Senior manager who likely makes the ultimate decision based on feedback prior. Asked about your interests and past experience. Checks if you are match for the team. Technical question was along the lines of longest palindrome substring.
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Software Engineer New Grad

Interviewed at Microsoft

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Nov 14, 2020

1. A Software Manager asking about projects and technical decisions within projects. Technical question was variation of common BST-related problem asked by Microsoft. 2. SWE asking about projects and teamwork. Technical question was Meeting Rooms 2. 3. Software Manager asking system design question. Fairly lax since New Grad, so just talk about things you would consider when building the system (how to make things scalable, what databases to have, important features). Question was about cloud services product design. 4. Normally called the AA meeting, only for people who did well, but for virtual interviews they seem to give this to everyone no matter what. With Senior manager who likely makes the ultimate decision based on feedback prior. Asked about your interests and past experience. Checks if you are match for the team. Technical question was along the lines of longest palindrome substring.

Most questions were fairly standard. Probably the hardest (to come up with a good answer quickly) were the less technical ones with the manager. These were mostly along the lines of "what would you change about product X?", "What do you want out of a manager?", etc.
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Software Engineer New Grad

Interviewed at X

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May 17, 2014

Most questions were fairly standard. Probably the hardest (to come up with a good answer quickly) were the less technical ones with the manager. These were mostly along the lines of "what would you change about product X?", "What do you want out of a manager?", etc.

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