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Re: Microsoft SDE Test Interview

Fedra — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:55:27 -0000

Hello Elliot

Sounds like you had a pretty good interview...... I am looking for a strong SDET. Are you or anyone you know might be interested please let me know.

We are a technology company here in Downtown Seattle, let me know if you or anyone you may know is interested. My email is fybraun@gmail.com

Re: Microsoft SDE Test Interview

viswa — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:07:24 -0000

hey gravatar..

all the best for the outcome.. u seem confident.. so u wud make it.. did u get ur result? could u pls tell what questions were u asked?

Re: Microsoft SDE Test Interview

ananomys — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:29:42 -0000

Hi , I just came from a Microsoft face to face Interview in Redmond.In the morning Recruiter had told me that I would be meetng with 3 interviewers. 2 for 1 hour each and 3rd one more longer with lunch interview in between .
I think, I have made my best and given most of the answers about testing problems, Link lists and all.I am satisfied with the same. My 3rd interview finish at 1 o'clock .It was followed by Product Team Manager who also took my telephonic interview and he jsut asked my day, my back ground and what do you looking forward to work in Microsoft, I think,I am best in that too and he is satisfied.

Any one any idea or past experience if your interviews goes all well with people impressed and it finishes off by 1:30 PM. what does that mean ?

Is it always that Microsoft has 5-6 rounds of interview till evening or that sometimes, they closes the same early as in my case.

Any inputs are most welcome.
I am optimistic though :))

Re: Microsoft SDE Test Interview

Chris — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:30:31 -0000

need more commenting space ... you all get the idea

Re: Microsoft SDE Test Interview

Chris — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:29:05 -0000

My programming question was to find the fibinacci number given an index.

recursive:
public int doFib(int a) {

if( a == 0) {
return 0;
}elseif ( a==1) {
return 1;
}
else {
return doFib( a-1) + doFib( a-2);
}
}

although recursive is the most common and easily understood, i think it is better to do it with loops,

int doFib( int a) {

//base case
double zero = 0;
double one = 1;

double result = zero;
for( int i = 0; i

Re: Microsoft SDE Test Interview

Lee — Thu, 18 May 2006 06:52:03 -0000

Hey man,
I got a similar question ealier when I attend the interview.....!

I agree with GRAVATAR ...
Hey GRAVATAR U are awesome man...!
Its the question the interviewer posed me....(a+b > c || a+c>b || b+c>a) ?

Re: Microsoft SDE Test Interview

James — Fri, 05 May 2006 14:04:37 -0000

I dont think that the whatTriangle works for all cases. Yes, you mentioned negative and zero bases, but how about this case (a+b > c || a+c>b || b+c>a)?

Re: Microsoft SDE Test Interview

Elliott Back — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:29:02 -0000

Yes--sorting was a precondition =P

Re: Microsoft SDE Test Interview

Alan — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:37:00 -0000

I hope your array question had specified that you'd get a sorted array. If the array was unsorted, I don't think your code would catch it.

Re: Microsoft SDE Test Interview

Sara — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:35:26 -0000

Nice job. I had a similar interview with Amazon actually when I went to the Univ of Wash. Didn't get the job though!!

Re: Microsoft SDE Test Interview

marcovhv — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:13:39 -0000

I do hope you're not seriously considering working for Microsoft, do you? *scared*

Re: Microsoft SDE Test Interview

mr nice ash — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 10:08:34 -0000

Wow... I am congratulating you as early as now.

*Salutes Elliot* :)