Microsoft interview notes, page 25 of 60

“I had a story ready but it felt thin the moment I started telling it.” 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.

“The derivation itself wasn't too bad once I wrote it out.” 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 picking which project to talk about, which probably wasn't a great look.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer 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 felt manageable until the follow-ups started stacking.” 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.

“I spent way too long on the problem space and barely got to the actual product before time ran out.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager 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.

“I jumped straight into the feed ranking algorithm and the interviewer had to pull me back to basics.” 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 knew Dijkstra immediately but blanked on what to do after.” 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.

“Ran through regularization, dropout, early stopping, more data.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning 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 started with the user segmentation and probably spent too long on it.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager 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.