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MrShankly
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Xzilend
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memcpy
United States459 Posts
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Vasoline73
United States7866 Posts
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
By the by, if you get an offer from the latter as well, which will you choose? | ||
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Firesilver
United Kingdom1190 Posts
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Triscuit
United States722 Posts
On November 11 2011 08:32 Telcontar wrote: Congrats on the MS offer. Good luck with your Google interview as well. By the by, if you get an offer from the latter as well, which will you choose? That's a hard question, and honestly it will come down to the content of the job. They both offer comparable salaries, benefits, etc., and they're both huge and reputable companies. I would have to go with the specific job that I feel is best for me and my career. | ||
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ComaDose
Canada10357 Posts
I code for money and I could not do that on a white board. Some of the other questions sound like something a teacher would try and trick you with. I better shape up. | ||
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Corvi
Germany1406 Posts
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SCbiff
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 As for the nlog(n) tree sort: I don't want to give away the answer for those who like a puzzle, but here's a hint: the key lies in how you store the integers in the tree, not the retrieval itself. Let the nature of the data structure help you. Also, I'm pretty sure putting it all in a tree, then pulling it all back out into an array and doing a qsort is not what they're after (since the tree itself is irrelevant in that approach). | ||
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DyEnasTy
United States3714 Posts
Nice blog | ||
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Pugget
United States212 Posts
Second, be ready to code in one language, and make sure you know some of the more esoteric features of that language. The question that was the hardest for me involved combining C++ operators and C macros. They will ask which language you know best, and wont expect you to program in anything else. Finally, brush up on string algorithms, particular those that use trees (tries, TSTs, etc.). These are critical in many of their systems. Memory management will likely also be on the menu if you decide to do the interview in C or C++. I had great fun at my interview at Google, and I think that's the way to approach it. Don't worry about the job, just go ready to have a day of really interesting problems. Best of luck! | ||
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Node
United States2159 Posts
Thanks! | ||
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HowitZer
United States1610 Posts
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LeapofFaith
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thedeadhaji
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Aelonius
Netherlands432 Posts
On November 11 2011 03:33 JieXian wrote: wow wow hahaha nice I understood the second part but could you please explain the first part? Is it basically hiding the password well? Why will you need to do it? Is it modifying the way your password is stored in your pc? And wouldn't people start knowing and looking for this? A simple highlight will easily show that you're using white space obsfucation right? And how can they hack with this? Since you're using it as a security measure . I may not be a CS major grad, or do much in this field, however my own major which is Information Security Management, really makes me feel itchy when I hear about obfuscation. It looks like security through obscurity. | ||
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
MS hiring policy is certainly very rigourous by the sounds of it...6 interviews in one day! just wow, at least they weren't all behavioural questions!. but $8 lunch is expensive?! haha. barely get a burger for 8 bux around here. =P good luck son | ||
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ftd.rain
United Kingdom539 Posts
.Everything felt so hard without studying which wasn't the norm for me(not trying to brag here even though it might seem as such) and a lot of other little things took place that probably had great influence in how everything turned but anwyays, I just kept going through the semesters missing A LOT of classes(attend one day, miss the other and so on) so I eventually quit even though I felt like I didn't really give it a try which makes me so so disappointed in myself, I mean, a lot of people manage to do what they have to do despite their problems, right? | ||
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scarymeerkat
Canada107 Posts
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