The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2010
Interview
On campus interview. Resume review and then proceeded to ask a NP hard problem.
Given an airplane with 50 rows and 3 rows on each seat and the weights of all 150 passengers. How will you place the passengers so that the torque is minimized around the middle. Like balancing a seesaw.
Given an airplane with 50 rows and 3 rows on each seat and the weights of all 150 passengers. How will you place the passengers so that the torque is minimized around the middle. Like balancing a seesaw.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2010
Interview
I got the on-site interview. It's a whole day interview, and there are three technique interviews. First one it's about find the common ancestor in a binary tree. Second, it's remove the repeated letter in paragraph. Third, it's sort array.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Dec 2010
Interview
I was flown out to Redmond and given the usual 3 days/2 nights package. The whole process was very smooth from the beginning. It was even more smooth once I arrived in Seattle. They offer a ridiculous stipend for travel and food, etc... They really want you to explore the city and I would recommend that you take advantage of it. A very accommodating process!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function that will calculate the angle between the the hour and minute hands of a clock given the time. Also, as I was interviewing for a test position they asked me to test the function after it was written