I had one interview, and I am very confused about Microsoft's goals and public versus private appearances. In public, they seem very interested in young, new ideas. They seem interested in trying to get back into the market. But in private, during developer talks and interviews, they seem very stuck to the same old Microsoft mentality that has led to them losing a large share of the consumer market. They seem to still be layering more problems and layers of complexity on top of their old, what I think is, ineffective system.

They are trying to fix bugs, not by fundamentally changing this system which has allowed them to flourish, but by adding more layers of protection on top. Rather than listening to consumers, they seem to be just trying what they think is right.

During their advertisements to us computer science undergrads, they emphasize the fact that they are turning a corner, trying to recruit new ideas, and that they are trying to increase diversity. But during my interview, there was no sign of this at all. It was conducted by a white, older man who works on some low-level operating system part. He seemed really interested in just the details of the machine and what it is doing.

I can't disclose it, but I have a good idea of how the ASCII table is organized.

I understand malloc's internals.