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Whiteboard programming: given a tile and a word, write a routine to determine if the word is valid. Wild card "*" might be present in tile and can be used for once when there is no match. For example, "bed" is valid given tile "abcdefg". "bread" is valid given tile "abcdefg*".
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Software Development Engineer

Interviewed at Microsoft

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May 9, 2012

Whiteboard programming: given a tile and a word, write a routine to determine if the word is valid. Wild card "*" might be present in tile and can be used for once when there is no match. For example, "bed" is valid given tile "abcdefg". "bread" is valid given tile "abcdefg*".

Most of the technical questions, I felt very prepared for. The most difficult questions were behavioral. In particular, "Tell me about an experience where a project partner enjoyed working with you." Rather than talking about your skills you have to talk about how you worked well with others in a way that they enjoyed working with you, and do so without coming off as being arrogant. Also, they didn't ask the question directly, but came to it in a way that put you on the back foot. The question immediately before was to tell them about a time that you had difficulty working with a partner, and also about a time that a partner had difficulty working with you.
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Software Development Engineer

Interviewed at Microsoft

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Apr 18, 2013

Most of the technical questions, I felt very prepared for. The most difficult questions were behavioral. In particular, "Tell me about an experience where a project partner enjoyed working with you." Rather than talking about your skills you have to talk about how you worked well with others in a way that they enjoyed working with you, and do so without coming off as being arrogant. Also, they didn't ask the question directly, but came to it in a way that put you on the back foot. The question immediately before was to tell them about a time that you had difficulty working with a partner, and also about a time that a partner had difficulty working with you.

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