Microsoft interview notes, page 39 of 60

“I knew the rough idea pretty fast, reverse chunks of k, stitch them back together, move on.” 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 was the core of the whole interview.” 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.

“Felt weird getting a question about a competitor's product in a Microsoft loop, but I just rolled with 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.

“The BST property makes this pretty clean once you think about it.” 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 started with containment and worked outward, isolation first, then preservation of evidence, then escalation.” 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 jumped straight to 'look at their pricing' which, in hindsight, was way too narrow.” 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.

“I fumbled this a bit.” 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.

“Went with quickselect after briefly mentioning the heap approach.” 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 was a single question that ate the whole session.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning 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 one took me a while to untangle.” 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.