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BrTarolg
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United Kingdom3574 Posts
November 10 2011 12:59 GMT
#61
Wow that's a pretty brutal day!

The most interviews i had for one job was 7, none of them competency based for a trading job at JPMorgan

It was split over 2 days, 3 on first and then 4 on the next. But most of the interviews were pretty relaxed and straightforward, i didn't have to do any crazy coding!

That sounds like an amazing experience, all that just to be a tester!
taldarimAltar
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
973 Posts
November 10 2011 13:01 GMT
#62
Wow google? The stuff i've heard, it's pretty amazing, they've like four free themed cafeterisa and free healthcare and shit.
ticktack
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Arab Emirates874 Posts
November 10 2011 13:11 GMT
#63
Whoa that's a lot of interviews. CONGRATZZ!!
A winner is just a loser who got pissed off and tried harder
TheDemigod
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia79 Posts
November 10 2011 13:13 GMT
#64
"The food was surprisingly expensive, but it was also very, very good. I had a grilled Italian sandwich and tomato basil soup and that was probably about 8 bucks."

In Australia that would be considered incredibly cheap! Just the sandwich at a nice cafe would be $15 or some mind-blowing number it still astonishes me sometimes even after being here my whole life!
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
November 10 2011 13:30 GMT
#65
Congratulations! Good luck in the Google interview also. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
AmericanUmlaut
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany2577 Posts
November 10 2011 13:45 GMT
#66
On November 10 2011 22:13 TheDemigod wrote:
"The food was surprisingly expensive, but it was also very, very good. I had a grilled Italian sandwich and tomato basil soup and that was probably about 8 bucks."

In Australia that would be considered incredibly cheap! Just the sandwich at a nice cafe would be $15 or some mind-blowing number it still astonishes me sometimes even after being here my whole life!

Aren't Australian dollars worth less than American dollars, though? I had a few Australian friends when I lived in Japan, and I remember them saying that if you compared incomes and buying power, Australian dollars were like 2/3 or half the value of American dollars.
The frumious Bandersnatch
dcemuser
Profile Joined August 2010
United States3248 Posts
November 10 2011 14:03 GMT
#67
On November 10 2011 22:45 AmericanUmlaut wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2011 22:13 TheDemigod wrote:
"The food was surprisingly expensive, but it was also very, very good. I had a grilled Italian sandwich and tomato basil soup and that was probably about 8 bucks."

In Australia that would be considered incredibly cheap! Just the sandwich at a nice cafe would be $15 or some mind-blowing number it still astonishes me sometimes even after being here my whole life!

Aren't Australian dollars worth less than American dollars, though? I had a few Australian friends when I lived in Japan, and I remember them saying that if you compared incomes and buying power, Australian dollars were like 2/3 or half the value of American dollars.


I'm pretty sure that has changed recently (due to US economy) and Australian currency is now worth more than the dollar.
cmen15
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1519 Posts
November 10 2011 14:06 GMT
#68
Thanks for sharing your experience with Microsoft, I've never heard about the interview process before. I'm not surprised that there were so many interviews and the lengthiness of it. This is a good way to test if someone can handle having a long day under some pressure i guess. Either way good luck at your Google interview and wish you the best!!!!
Greed leads to just about all losses.
Primadog
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4411 Posts
November 10 2011 14:08 GMT
#69
I was able to come to an answer fairly quickly, maybe just by blind luck, but he seemed impressed and told me that nobody had gotten it that quickly before. I basically felt like I couldn't lose at that point. Time was up and I moved on to my next interview.


reminds me of that matrix scene with the Architect

Architect: Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here.
Neo: You haven't answered my question.
Architect: Quite right. Interesting. That was quicker than the others.
Thank God and gunrun.
Rinrun
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada3509 Posts
November 10 2011 14:13 GMT
#70
Great read, and also, congratulations.
Ah, if only I could work for a big company like that.
MBC/Liquid/TSM always.
Notorjus
Profile Joined September 2011
Norway19 Posts
November 10 2011 14:18 GMT
#71
Great read that gives some insight to the process behind how Microsoft hires employees!
Congratulations, and gl with your interview @google. Hope to see another blog when the time comes!
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
SecondSandwich
Profile Joined July 2008
United States319 Posts
November 10 2011 14:36 GMT
#72
On November 10 2011 17:00 Gummy wrote:
Only had 4 interviews onsite myself. I thought we weren't supposed to talk about this process though... ~_~
They didn't make me sign an NDA like some of the other companies I am looking at, but I don't think Microsoft appreciates this, considering there are at least 2 more weeks left in the main fall recruitment season.

Also pretty sure that if a Microsoft employee finds this OP they can quickly figure out who you are and send you angry emails.


Sounds like you didn't get the job...
"Whatever [flash] says is the best, is the best" -Artosis i!i!i!i!i!Find Match!i!i!i!i!!i
Rafael
Profile Joined January 2011
Venezuela182 Posts
November 10 2011 14:50 GMT
#73
Congratulations on your eligibility as a candidate in Microsoft.

My best wishes to you.

Thanks for the article, it's some nice piece of information there.
Keone
Profile Joined April 2011
United States812 Posts
November 10 2011 14:51 GMT
#74
Haha wow, I'm actually sitting on a Microsoft offer too! =) deciding whether or not to take it.

Great story, overall similar to mine, except for I took taxis (Microsoft has this great little coupon-thing that allows you to take free taxis anywhere!), and you probably got a slightly better room than I did. I was in the Residence Inn while everyone else was in the normal Marriott... probably because I signed up late...

digressing. Great story!
BW Forever. Flash is the Ultimate Bonjwa.
starrrrlight
Profile Joined May 2011
Denmark18 Posts
November 10 2011 15:23 GMT
#75
On November 10 2011 17:00 Gummy wrote:
Only had 4 interviews onsite myself. I thought we weren't supposed to talk about this process though... ~_~
They didn't make me sign an NDA like some of the other companies I am looking at, but I don't think Microsoft appreciates this, considering there are at least 2 more weeks left in the main fall recruitment season.

Also pretty sure that if a Microsoft employee finds this OP they can quickly figure out who you are and send you angry emails.


smells like someone didnt get an offer
by doing anything, you can become anyone
T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
November 10 2011 15:27 GMT
#76
Sounds like that data structures class is so important.
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
November 10 2011 15:28 GMT
#77
I like how you typed this on MS word... lol

Great read, though! I hope you enjoy Seattle :D
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
AmericanUmlaut
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany2577 Posts
November 10 2011 15:36 GMT
#78
On November 11 2011 00:27 T.O.P. wrote:
Sounds like that data structures class is so important.

My experience is that knowing data structures is good for learning how computers work at a deep level and for being able to demonstrate that understanding in interviews, but it's pretty rare that you have to implement them yourself. I was really into linked lists and sorting algorithms in university, and I never use them in real life. Especially the sorts; it's cool to know how MergeSort works, but there are libraries that already contain the algorithm for every major programming language, so you're unlikely to ever need to program one yourself outside of a class.
The frumious Bandersnatch
BudgetTheLeech
Profile Joined September 2011
United States89 Posts
November 10 2011 15:43 GMT
#79
Great read, really enjoyed it. I'm a CS major also so it made it even better.

Other than that congratulaltions!
a9arnn
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States1537 Posts
November 10 2011 15:57 GMT
#80
Congrats, and awesome writeup of your experience!!! Good luck with google!
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