Microsoft interview notes, page 42 of 60

“Stumbled on this one more than I expected.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager 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.

“Sort plus prefix sums is the move here, then binary search per query.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Onsite - Coding / Algorithms round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with discovery questions, which felt right, but I think I spent too long on the technical assessment side and barely touched the demo tailoring part.” 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.

“My first instinct was to list accessibility tools and I immediately felt like that was the wrong direction.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager 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 went straight for BFS, collected each level into its own list, then reversed at the end.” 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 knew this one.” 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.

“Pretty classic pressure-under-fire question.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning 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 had an answer ready but it felt generic coming out of my mouth.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning 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 blanked for a second and started listing criteria off the top of my head, which felt scattered.” 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.

“Spent the first few minutes just making sure I understood what 'distinct' meant in context.” 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.