Microsoft and many other companies in the interview to have a “secret test weapon”, the secret weapon is usually called “challenges”. One of my friends did not through the Microsoft interview. After the interview, he and I have dinner. He complain to say: “I hate that I, he is a fool. He even skin jarno justice so of the foundation knowledge all don’t understand!” My friend was angry about this, because he felt the interview mess, is this I talk about the topic of ignorance.
Results the truth what??? He applied position is project manager, this is a responsible for design software and not programming work position, so this position need to do a lot of persuasive work. The project manager to and a group of have a strong logistic thinking ability, but the lack of social skills programmers contact with, this needs to be a special talent. Want to do a project manager, you need to have the unique ability is: to persuade people to accept the fact that you think is right, and this is basically your daily job. You must be filled with patience and friendly, this is project manager position to the quality of a person’s basic requirements.
“The challenge” of the earliest version appeared in the oral of Stamford-than endure IQ tests. The test could be given the following topics: we all know, water can put the fish in the water “up, then please answer this question: if we have a barrel only half a bucket of water, the barrel in the balance, water and barrel just weighs 45 kg. And then put a 5 kilograms of fish in a barrel, and now a total weight of?
Most adults will say that 45 plus five is 50 kg. Host test this time may ask: “how can this be right? You know that water is will put the fish’s up.” If the test people changing the answer, and then said, “I think the answer should be 50 kilograms, but not very sure.” So a score of zero. Only in those tested using logic for his own the correct answer to defend and continuous foiled two “challenges”, the answer will be thinks is right.
These questions do not seem to make test for intelligence, but there’s no doubt that, using the “sophisticated” testing company attaches great importance to the test results. The general case as follows: in the interview process, the examiner will lead candidates say some completely sure, without controversy the correct answer. Then said, “wait a minute, wait a minute,” deliberately and he sing again two minutes of FanDiao, until they can fully prove the correct answer.
The cowardly candidate will choose to give up, such a man will never be accepted. Good candidate will copy a dell? Carnegie approach to convince you, always adhere to its position. Such talent will be accepted.
Without answers questions of the public
Microsoft interview questions to the public is not glad to, but also very helpless. As early as in the early days of the Internet, these questions will has begun to open.
The early 1990 s, Chris? In an interview, DevelopMentor’s. In the interview, a founder of say: “good, you are hired. But again ask you a Microsoft at the interview often asked questions-why sewer lid is round?”
Cosmi, answer say: “all right, if you to answer this question, I again to answer your question–why firefighters back is red?”
The company founder speechless.
The experience prompted cosmi, began to collect Microsoft interview questions. In 1996, he created a web site, and began to see myself heard that Microsoft try posted online.
University of southern California KeLang students? Bond pull paltiel and several of his friends to join the Microsoft’s an interview. Bond pull paltiel the problem sorted out, formed his own “Microsoft interview question bank”. There are some other web site provides a similar services, for example, 4 guysfromRolla. Com website “Microsoft interview questions” and Michael? Blair at the “technical interview problem” (website contains all kinds of questions, not just Microsoft interview questions).
You may think that Microsoft for interview questions was publicly very angry, the fact is not exactly. Bond pull paltiel and cosmi, all have heard, Microsoft the hr person guide employees in first as I, on their web site reference reference.
Of course, applicant can also use these sites prepared for the interview, but cosmi, and bond pull paltiel sites do not provide or provide few the answer to the problem. Bond pull paltiel once received a call from a friend of a friend of the emergency telephone, was she to Microsoft on the eve of the interview. She put a before a lot of pull from bond paltiel website printouts of things, but not a problem has definitive answer, she wants to let bond pull paltiel told her.
Cosmi, the company received many e-mails, they also want to “like Microsoft did recruitment”. But they need to know the answer, and the answer of the cosmi, web site are cut out. Selma, said: “I always answered, if you don’t know the answer, you should not ask these questions in the interview. It often makes them very angry.”
Microsoft intelligence problem where you come from
Logic topic is Microsoft 16 th floor cafeteria lunch leisure part of the conversation. Microsoft’s competitive spirit to make everyone think, can put forward “new” and “effective” is a very “cool” things.
Many of the problems with Microsoft produces legend. It is said that, once Steve? Ballmer and another Microsoft official jogging, saw the lid a sewer, he freely asked: “why sewer lid is round?” Another person get a brainwave way: “hey, that’s a good question. The interview” This story may be it a, but almost certainly, ballmer was not the first to put forward the problems of the drain cover. In fact, Microsoft’s interview questions in some intelligence is intelligence problem assembly book, or some of the main content with intelligence on website appeared, Microsoft is just give them “dressed up” just.
The most widely circulated interview questions:
Not in use of scales, how to weigh a jet the weight of the plane?
Why the image in the mirror and not about reverse upside down?
Why are you in the hotel open a hot tapping out there hot water?
M&M chocolate is how to make?
You in the ship, put a box thrown up, level will rise or fall?
The world how many piano tuner?
How many states are there in the gas station?
Every hour how many Mississippi River flows through New Orleans?
A hockey rink the ice weigh?
If you can move the United States of the 50 states any one, you’ll move out which one?
On earth there are many such points: 1 km to go south, walk east 1 km, farther north 1 km walk, you can go back to the original starting point?
A day in the hands of the clock overlap how many times?
Mike and Todd two people a total of us $21. Mike money more than Todd $20, everyone how many money? In your answer cannot have a mark.
Generally speaking, will the phone book Manhattan over many, many times, to find you want to find of names?
How will you design bill? Gates’ bathroom?
How do you design a computerized microwave oven?