Microsoft

I applied for this position at Microsoft and later received an email from a recruiter asking me to fill out a form. The form was clearly designed for recruiters, not for candidates, to use. It contained instructions like "Ask them this" or "ask them

The coding interview was easy, but the system design interview was difficult and requires detailed knowledge of cloud and distributed systems. For the coding interview, they asked about cherry pickup in both directions and how to find the optimal nu

I needed to go to Seattle to visit a friend, so I applied online for a Senior Engineer, Android role. At the time, I was unfamiliar with Microsoft ranks and didn't realize that I was grossly underqualified for Senior SDE with only 2.5 years of indust