Microsoft Software Development Engineer interview questions

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1)Design your own alarm clock. 2) If you're manufacturing a keyboard, how would you make it and what would you change? How would you check the final quality of the product? 3) You have three baskets. The first one only has apples, the second only has oranges, and the third one is mixed. To determine which basket has which fruits just by picking up one fruit from only one basket, from which should you pick up the fruit? explain? 4) What is your primary programming? 5) Which one do you prefer, cpp or java? 5) Other basic resume-based questions