Microsoft interview notes, page 23 of 60

“The tree-building part was fine, I used a hashmap to store children by parent id and found the root by looking for whoever had a null manager.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Microsoft, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This was the anchor question and it ate the entire session.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Started with the two-pointer approach, which felt solid.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This question sprawls in every direction and that's kind of the point.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with interfaces and worked down, which felt right, but I fumbled when they pushed on how I'd handle shared behavior across classes that don't share a parent.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This sounds easy until you're mid-sentence and realize one of the interviewers clearly knows the subfield cold while another looks mildly lost.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Onsite - Multi Round round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight into layout and visual hierarchy stuff, which felt right in the moment, but I think I should've started by asking who the site is actually for.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This started fine.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I rambled a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Microsoft, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one tripped me up more than I expected.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.