Microsoft interview notes, page 26 of 60

“This one took up basically the whole session.” 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 is the kind of question where you can go a hundred different directions and that's sort of the problem.” 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 the high-level split between the partition/stream managers and extent nodes but fumbled a bit explaining how they actually interact at runtime.” 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.

“Fumbled this a bit because I hadn't really thought about it beyond the surface level.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Recruiter / HR Screen 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 trying to think of it as a greedy problem before the interviewer nudged me toward DP.” 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 went straight to the consumer side and kind of ignored enterprise, which in hindsight was probably the wrong instinct given Microsoft's positioning.” 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.

“Classic question but there's more surface area than you think.” 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 knew the basic definitions but fumbled a bit articulating the actual tradeoffs.” The rest of the author's notes on Technical Program Manager 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.

“The partner persona angle is what tripped me up a bit.” 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.

“The basic delete is fine but I fumbled on the case where the node has two children.” 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.