I Asked Microsoft Software Engineers How To Get Hired

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  • Опубликовано: 31 янв 2025

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  • @owen551
    @owen551 Год назад +678

    Thumbnail: "It's not leetcode."
    Everyone in the video: "So yeah I did the classic leetcode problems..."

    • @daltempla
      @daltempla Год назад +54

      Exactly what I was about to comment.... In short, grind leetcode and have some interview preparation as well.

    • @compteheadlesscompteheadless
      @compteheadlesscompteheadless Год назад

      @@daltemplaWhats leetcode?

    • @dogwoofwoof8154
      @dogwoofwoof8154 11 месяцев назад

      @@compteheadlesscompteheadless platform to solve DSA questions

    • @VKTR_Tech
      @VKTR_Tech 11 месяцев назад +5

      Pissed at the clickbait

  • @panic_seller
    @panic_seller Год назад +242

    SW Engineering Interview: you have 2 minutes to build a rocket that can fly to the furthest galaxy via blackholes while spending the least amount of fuel and oxygen for the passengers
    Job: change the colour of the background of VS Code.

    • @Lens_lores
      @Lens_lores 11 месяцев назад +11

      Thats literally what it is. I also got hired at microsoft after college, and the job is very basic shit. But the interviews were hard.

    • @mugishajean7923
      @mugishajean7923 11 месяцев назад

      Thats really true bro @@Lens_lores

    • @Tushar_995
      @Tushar_995 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@Lens_loresMicrosoft after clg ? Must be tier 1 clg !

    • @Lens_lores
      @Lens_lores 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@Tushar_995 luck bro

    • @naveengorojanam7999
      @naveengorojanam7999 9 месяцев назад +5

      This exact question was asked in Samsung R&D coding interview. Travel through galaxies using blackholes and discover the galaxy that has life.
      The answer: Dijkstra's algorithm

  • @metaX73
    @metaX73 Год назад +182

    You bring your own keyboard in. Alex brings his own monitor in. You aren't the same.

  • @GTaichou
    @GTaichou Год назад +25

    I am close to finishing my Associate degree from a local tech school in software dev. This video reminds me so much of the resilience mentorship I had with Microsoft when I started. It's almost nostalgic, and heartwarming to see the whole company embraces the growth mindset they were teaching. The imposter syndrome is hitting hard as I start my job search and get interview experience - I really needed this reminder. ♥ Changing careers is hard!

    • @danilousuga410
      @danilousuga410 8 месяцев назад

      Hello! I am also studying an associate degree in a local school of my country. They even have internship positions with Microsoft (I can't access to them because they're available in other city). I just wanted to ask you if there's a possibility to get hired just by having an associate degree, because I always see positions for more advanced degrees on their careers page.

  • @MrBlackspoon
    @MrBlackspoon Год назад +1127

    step 1. be from india

  • @sweatyguysteve2056
    @sweatyguysteve2056 Год назад +16

    *gets asked to program Sudoku solver in interview
    Alex: Oh wow this is gonna be such fun! haha
    Me: Guess I'll die

  • @LordAbe679
    @LordAbe679 Год назад +43

    @10:17 Namanh was definitely doing his best to hold it together there.

    • @Carizmian
      @Carizmian Год назад +2

      🤣🤣

    • @SuperMacy24
      @SuperMacy24 Год назад +1

      😂 for sure! Tech life yayy haha

    • @xeryar7
      @xeryar7 11 месяцев назад

      *her
      and also i was looking for comments related to that statement and found it😂😂

    • @XenoHypes
      @XenoHypes Месяц назад

      "You wanna like grab those balls and make it your own"🤣🤣

  • @Filiku
    @Filiku Год назад +6

    Most of what I heard was have a good mindset and stay focused thanks for sharing!

  • @sinznavig2703
    @sinznavig2703 Год назад +10

    i love the content like in this interview, the question are straight into problem, keep up !!!

  • @vram1974
    @vram1974 Год назад +119

    I could never land a job like this, but I figured all one had to do was tell'em you hate consumer choice, love Bing, the Cloud and want to inject them into every facet of Windows. Maybe toss in that you've always wanted to make Teams a bootable OS.

    • @sugoi5240
      @sugoi5240 Год назад +3

      lmfaooo

    • @williamseipp9691
      @williamseipp9691 Год назад +3

      making Teams a bootable OS would be a dream for them.
      That plus a 250 dollar netbook that can challenge Chromebook's dominance in k12. They want a larger piece of that huge pie.

    • @NonWokeVeteran
      @NonWokeVeteran 9 месяцев назад

      Teams 20 years. Until Indians start treating American women with less contempt they aren’t hiring shit. Find another company from which to send money to your mom in India.

  • @webdev_telugu
    @webdev_telugu Год назад +21

    Alex starting monitors business very soon after he takes a monitor each day

  • @woolfel
    @woolfel Год назад +163

    I've been in the tech industry as software engineer for 20+ years. Anyone that asks leetcode is lazy and doesn't know how to find good engineers. In the past, when I interview people, I focus on problem solving. I give them an example of the type of problems they will be asked to solve and the candidate to talk through it.

    • @taibui8038
      @taibui8038 Год назад +19

      I'm much younger than you but I think for a giant like Microsoft does need to test leetcode. Of course it's not practical but it does help filter out the slow thinkers. People with high IQ can adopt and use any technology very quickly.

    • @vivekjoshi3769
      @vivekjoshi3769 Год назад

      @@taibui8038 IQ number is a myth. It was developed to make school children join schools to continue their education back then. IQ never tells how intelligent you are. We have been living a lie. You can search on it.
      I came to know this from Carol Dweck book Mindset.

    • @sukapow
      @sukapow Год назад

      ​@@taibui8038​​Leetcode shouldn't be a thing period in any giant companies.
      If you have a high IQ (you don't from reading that comment) then you know Leetcode is available to the world meaning anyone can access it. So, I can make a company and brainwash young minded students like you lol to practice leetcode problems everyday just to pay them in minimum wage better than working at a fast-food industry.
      When a interview is ready, my students are prepared and passed the interview.
      In return, I want 25% of their Microsoft salary and the company secrets 🤌
      But they're exactly companies does this today... Like communism countries...
      So... Leetcode shouldn't exist and it's just going to get worse each year for CS students and unversity/college...
      Most high IQ people will find a way to make serious money from making a software or a product so they're can retired early in life than being in a dead end job.
      They'll only need a good idea, concept, and most importantly time...

    • @davidlee588
      @davidlee588 Год назад

      can they faster than chatgpt?@@taibui8038

    • @oooook_0000
      @oooook_0000 Год назад +1

      hi bro i have a question -how much money you make in a month. that would be very beneficial for me, cuz i'm freshman in cs, what do u suggest for me, thanks))

  • @dalimillazan2877
    @dalimillazan2877 Год назад +3

    Thank you for the great video! Recently I have been studying programming, I live in poor eastern EU country, so there is rrom to grow and this video is very inspiring, thank you!

  • @GuRuGeorge03
    @GuRuGeorge03 Год назад +46

    lol we programmed a sudoku solver in college but you can bet your ass that I would not be able to solve that one in an hour, even a day sounds hard. And I write this while I was just promoted to lead developer lmao

    • @randomname6444
      @randomname6444 Год назад +6

      i tried it a while back and gave up after like 40 minutes. it sounded easy enough but it really wasn't (for me) lol

    • @computernerd8157
      @computernerd8157 Год назад

      ​@@randomname6444I would just try till I run out of time. I think the only way to pass leetcode question is to have a mastery of the langanguage at and common Search algorithms. You might even need to build a Graph and search it.

  • @Sauce-ke
    @Sauce-ke Год назад +58

    create sudoku solver in an interview is VERY HARD! no way I can pass that

    • @reda-w4g
      @reda-w4g Год назад +22

      I'm literally searching for what is Sudoku, to begin with.

    • @Sauce-ke
      @Sauce-ke Год назад

      @@reda-w4g a very complicated board game

    • @PulkitAgrawal1999
      @PulkitAgrawal1999 Год назад +6

      That's literally a project 😅

    • @Sauce-ke
      @Sauce-ke Год назад +11

      @@PulkitAgrawal1999 exactly! a project that needs a day to get finished unless you're super good.

    • @redrevyol
      @redrevyol Год назад +6

      LeetCode has a problem for that.

  • @techpodssocial
    @techpodssocial 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great and candid tips! I can't stress the importance of networking to land a role at Microsoft - it's probably the most effective unofficial way to get in.

  • @EdwinFairchild
    @EdwinFairchild Год назад +7

    that's exactly what the companies want, you to have little excuse to leave and to love the company. Best believe though that when the numbers don't add up they will lay you off in a jiffy.

  • @craciunlabs
    @craciunlabs Год назад +12

    Appreciate it
    Can you do more cloud / solution architects interviews?

  • @wl4dymir
    @wl4dymir Год назад +11

    That guy was stealing a screen and managed to fake his way out of this interview

  • @Tezah89
    @Tezah89 Год назад +1

    This was great, thanks 🧡

  • @kitgary
    @kitgary Год назад +1

    I just quit my job and will spend 6 months to solve 300 leetcode questions this year to prepare for the Google interview!

  • @kaz7690
    @kaz7690 Год назад +161

    The easiest and fastest way to get into these big companies (or any company) is always connections. If you weren't aware of it, you'd be surprise how thick the iceberg of connections is when you look inside a company. So reach out to people you know that may or may not have an opportunity lying for you

    • @93hothead
      @93hothead Год назад +3

      Correct me if im wrong but hiring people based on connections is bad isn’t it?

    • @koeitsu
      @koeitsu Год назад +18

      @@93hotheadtheoretically yes but that's just how the world works

    • @GALAXY-zk2oo
      @GALAXY-zk2oo Год назад +1

      ​@@93hothead i had two guys one is my friend, other is not but my friend is as good as other guy then yes i would choose my friend, but if he is dump af then no ​

    • @kaz7690
      @kaz7690 Год назад +5

      @@93hothead Yes but that's just unfortunately how the world works. If you have to choose between hiring a close family member/friend vs a complete stranger and both of them seem decently capable of pulling off the job, you'd choose the former.

    • @Phat_trick910
      @Phat_trick910 10 месяцев назад +1

      That doesn't apply to Tech company

  • @dileepkumartummalapudi4860
    @dileepkumartummalapudi4860 11 месяцев назад

    the info is like out of borders for whom, are willing to know... thanksalot brother

  • @BlueSky_fur
    @BlueSky_fur Год назад +4

    I love these people, just running around with a fucking monitor xD

  • @jsunh98
    @jsunh98 Год назад +11

    So basically i need to grab a bunch of balls and I can get a job. I've been practicing this my whole life.

  • @riskacendana8085
    @riskacendana8085 11 месяцев назад

    1:20&& MOST IMPORTANT (in my opinion)🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @instantrecaps1764
    @instantrecaps1764 Год назад

    Thanks bro for these type of videos❤

  • @ZyroZoro
    @ZyroZoro Год назад +6

    Microsoft is my favorite tech company. I would love to work there.

  • @LiteralyRealRyanGosling
    @LiteralyRealRyanGosling Год назад +2

    Great video! Did you end up watching a small light? (Ps from the live stream)

  • @那個誰講屁话
    @那個誰講屁话 Год назад +20

    I watched this video because it says it is not leetcode, but actually the people who got interviewed as software engineer are saying it is leetcode and it is leetcode seriously, this RUclipsr is such a liar 😠

    • @donventura2116
      @donventura2116 Год назад +4

      It's not perfecting LeetCode questions, but using those problems in an interview to showcase your problem solving skills, attention to detail, and attitude. They want to know how you think most of the time. It sucks, but it's the filter that the industry has chosen.

  • @DeltaXML_Ltd
    @DeltaXML_Ltd Год назад

    Great video!

  • @yash1152
    @yash1152 Год назад +4

    7:10 23 yrs thats kinda huge

  • @bombrman1994
    @bombrman1994 11 месяцев назад +1

    hyper specialization, the jobs in faang does not guarantee the best experience other than free food and some of those big corpo perks. Startup might be more fun for many people, but someone with mortgage and slaved to the bank might prefer to be corpo slave.

  • @messiah8752
    @messiah8752 Год назад +3

    cant wait to see sam altman next time

  • @browntechdaddy
    @browntechdaddy Год назад +27

    Hey, that's me! Thanks for interviewing me, it was fun! To those wondering, I got hired here by grabbing life by the balls.

    • @Zach-1
      @Zach-1 Год назад +4

      Oh what a way of not telling the real process

  • @Takoyash_i
    @Takoyash_i Год назад +5

    Oh I saw Sid here! Once he said, he is not doing jod in Microsoft. But he is still doing 🤔 kinda confused

  • @alexm3407
    @alexm3407 Год назад +2

    Why do the majority only have 2 years @ company?

  • @Enocan
    @Enocan 6 дней назад +1

    no way you got Brown Tech Daddy!!!!

  • @isolatedd
    @isolatedd Год назад +1

    i know that is seattle, i miss so much seattle, idk why but this video got me a little sad, nostalgia hittin hard rn ngl

    • @arhaanmoin4728
      @arhaanmoin4728 Год назад

      it's not seattle, it is california

    • @isolatedd
      @isolatedd Год назад

      u sure? @@arhaanmoin4728

    • @PedroGarcia-jx7eh
      @PedroGarcia-jx7eh 11 месяцев назад

      @@arhaanmoin4728 It definitely is Seattle. Microsoft HQ is there.

    • @arhaanmoin4728
      @arhaanmoin4728 11 месяцев назад

      @@PedroGarcia-jx7ehmy dad is in the video, and he lives in san francisco

    • @PedroGarcia-jx7eh
      @PedroGarcia-jx7eh 11 месяцев назад

      @@arhaanmoin4728 Hm that's weird. The guy said he's in Seattle HQ.

  • @exe_coder
    @exe_coder 9 месяцев назад

    So I’m still in school but I already know that I will be a software engineer. I hope i get into Microsoft some day 😅

  • @Sam-ip3lh
    @Sam-ip3lh Год назад +7

    0:00 why is bro carrying a tv 💀

  • @TheCuteHedgehog_
    @TheCuteHedgehog_ 8 месяцев назад +2

    Spoiler: The guy with the monitor is actually an on-site support technician who is simply enjoying themselves 😂

  • @skyhappy
    @skyhappy Год назад +2

    That guy who carries around that monitor lol

  • @ShoeibShargo
    @ShoeibShargo Год назад +7

    Please interview some QA Engineers as well. We too exist 😭

    • @CheeseStickzZ
      @CheeseStickzZ Год назад

      No one cares about you😂

    • @Krapvag
      @Krapvag Год назад +1

      lmao "engineer"

    • @CheeseStickzZ
      @CheeseStickzZ Год назад +1

      @@Krapvag dude that clicks buttons in an app. "Engineer" 😂

    • @thetechconsultant
      @thetechconsultant Год назад +2

      Get a grip people, QA is super important to our work.

  • @mehmetkoyuncuoglu1647
    @mehmetkoyuncuoglu1647 Год назад +7

    It has never have been leetcode to get a job. They are looking for how you solve the problems and explained them what you did.

  • @yanoski9
    @yanoski9 Год назад +1

    Hello i wish to know if i can learn c language as a beginner on Code-academy or CS50?? Thanks

  • @suryakantkashyap2468
    @suryakantkashyap2468 Год назад +1

    Do one for apple also!!

  • @soumendash3911
    @soumendash3911 Год назад +3

    Hey that guy said resigned i told in one of his video he is here again

  • @arunbhardwaj16
    @arunbhardwaj16 Год назад +1

    can you make a full video with mayuri how he get MS

  • @rajkumarakula2113
    @rajkumarakula2113 Год назад

    Mayuris advice felt the best

  • @93hothead
    @93hothead Год назад +2

    These top companies are stressful af

    • @ThePythonLanguage
      @ThePythonLanguage 6 месяцев назад +1

      Its dog vs dog. Anyone that gets hired there, will sell you out so fast if they were guaranteed to benefit from it

  • @danielmadsen100
    @danielmadsen100 Год назад +15

    Sudoku solver! That sounds like a fun beginner exercise!
    ...well there goes my day of actual productivity! ~( ̄▽ ̄)~

    • @randomname6444
      @randomname6444 Год назад +2

      did you actually do it?
      i tried the sudoku solver excercise a while back and gave up after about 40 minutes lol

    • @laurentiumocacoca175
      @laurentiumocacoca175 Год назад

      @@randomname6444 Common man... its not that hard, it takes about 30 minutes if you are experiences enough.

    • @randomname6444
      @randomname6444 Год назад +2

      @@laurentiumocacoca175 guess I'm not experienced enough then

  • @djlclopez128
    @djlclopez128 Год назад +8

    Did you shake that guy's upper arm as a greeting? Very awkward.

    • @ramsyrama
      @ramsyrama Год назад +2

      Hahaha focus on the content bruh

  • @skult227
    @skult227 Год назад +1

    the audio quality was so weird on this

    • @namanhkapur
      @namanhkapur  Год назад +3

      mic was messed up, will be better next time !

  • @bombrman1994
    @bombrman1994 11 месяцев назад

    homie worked there for 10 years and just got paid for nothing basically i love how economy works

  • @enyinnaukattah2083
    @enyinnaukattah2083 Год назад +4

    10:17 grab the balls…check ✅

  • @swoodc
    @swoodc Год назад +2

    10:20 grab some balls lmfao

  • @sillygoosechinachina
    @sillygoosechinachina Год назад +3

    as a fellow indian in software engineering, im proud :)

  • @drunknmasta90
    @drunknmasta90 Год назад +1

    Easy. Work for OpenAI. Then wait for the ceo to get fired. Then Jerry McGuire the rest of

  • @Cweasy101
    @Cweasy101 10 месяцев назад +1

    Shout out to my boy Sid aka brown tech daddy 🤞🏾

  • @blindyogi4997
    @blindyogi4997 Год назад +2

    So basically
    C++ == asians
    C# == Indians
    Python == Confused Sr Devs who wanna run startups

  • @unmeshp
    @unmeshp Год назад +4

    That's Microsoft SVC, not HQ, but love the video!

  • @ABagOfLag
    @ABagOfLag Год назад +2

    4:49 is his way of saying hes automating away his coworkers jobs

    • @sugoi5240
      @sugoi5240 Год назад +1

      he is a technical account manager g

  • @esparda07
    @esparda07 Год назад +2

    I like how most of them have iPhones and iWatches lol.

  • @Reddikt0k
    @Reddikt0k 8 месяцев назад

    I'm cooked, I have a screening interview and I don't even do leetcode, I'm a Data Engineer with 2 years of experience 😂 gotta read a bit before 👀

  • @danking9879
    @danking9879 Год назад +7

    Yellow: hardware
    Brown: software
    White: admin

    • @arhaanmoin4728
      @arhaanmoin4728 Год назад

      lol

    • @Mikcrynouse
      @Mikcrynouse 10 месяцев назад

      So basically the coloreds have to do everything and white ones get to take credit

  • @apexherbert
    @apexherbert 11 месяцев назад

    Which advice would you give an individual who wants to go all out on Java? (Next Interview ☺)

  • @millertime6
    @millertime6 Год назад +3

    Grabbing balls! Major pause

  • @CodingHk
    @CodingHk Год назад +3

    Came early 🎉

  • @shawnmuench
    @shawnmuench Год назад +1

    The one guy steals monitors every day and sells them on the side

  • @JawadAhmadCodes
    @JawadAhmadCodes 4 месяца назад

    Guys i just graduated in BCS( Software). Can anyone help my find an internship to get some experience Please i am going through severe stress

  • @naranja-intimidante
    @naranja-intimidante Год назад +1

    10:07 true

  • @user-wg3ye9ic8f66
    @user-wg3ye9ic8f66 Год назад +1

    Everyone (including me): I also want to live that dream Mr pool 😢

  • @xxii_ix_xix_viii_xiv_xxi3889
    @xxii_ix_xix_viii_xiv_xxi3889 Год назад +2

    Why Azure logo is old one you need to keep new logo.

  • @Happymejoyus
    @Happymejoyus Год назад

    like your name mate!

  • @techny8219
    @techny8219 Год назад +1

    I Tried to learn python programming language since 2 years ago still not try to solve a basic problem so help me what to do?

  • @abhayvishwakarma4837
    @abhayvishwakarma4837 11 месяцев назад

    why every creator on RUclips troling leetcode on thumbnails just for views
    how shameless
    everybody knows that how important the leetcode problems to tackling dsa interviews

  • @MistereXMachina
    @MistereXMachina Год назад +1

    sick video, but please get a better mic

  • @drastik67
    @drastik67 Год назад +4

    Let's grab some balls!

  • @buddyrevell511
    @buddyrevell511 Год назад +2

    Step 1: be Asian or from some part of Asia.

  • @dhanushkumar7335
    @dhanushkumar7335 Год назад

    1:00

  • @just_another_book_wurm
    @just_another_book_wurm Год назад

    Why are we talking about balls 🏀 so much 😂

  • @bobbye4731
    @bobbye4731 11 месяцев назад +2

    Step 2 don’t be born outside India

  • @AnoNymous-p5y9v
    @AnoNymous-p5y9v 11 месяцев назад +1

    To get hired at Microsoft is easy, just be an Indian.
    There are so many teams and projects entirely staffed with Indians.
    As an Indian you have a very good chance that your manager is Indian too.

  • @desistarrecords
    @desistarrecords Год назад +2

    So many Indians and Asians.

  • @matissjansons8789
    @matissjansons8789 11 месяцев назад

    wow, just wasted 10mins that I will never get back, thanks

  • @randerins
    @randerins Год назад +1

    Good video, but there's a strong stereotype on it and I think it shows. It's just how society is

  • @comedygenius-zw9nw
    @comedygenius-zw9nw 8 месяцев назад

    The first is a fellow youtuber

  • @emmanuelonwoh4696
    @emmanuelonwoh4696 Год назад +1

    Did anyone see the guy disapper

  • @Itsnot_you
    @Itsnot_you 6 месяцев назад

    Isnt sid browntechdaddy?

  • @MistereXMachina
    @MistereXMachina Год назад +2

    Key take aways:
    grab balls and you'll do great

  • @Jeremiahking101
    @Jeremiahking101 Год назад +1

    I couldn't and wouldn't want to work with these people.

    • @vl3244
      @vl3244 Год назад +1

      ?

    • @Mikcrynouse
      @Mikcrynouse 10 месяцев назад

      Yeah, i get where are you coming from. Not everyone can work hard like asians

  • @chaitusai7674
    @chaitusai7674 8 месяцев назад

    looks like ms. mayuri has waited her whole life just to speak few words to this you tuber lol:)

  • @harimachavrapu2622
    @harimachavrapu2622 11 месяцев назад

    dropping me into more depression 😢

  • @adrianbloom3343
    @adrianbloom3343 4 месяца назад

    Hey everyone I am currently looking for a job as a junior data engineer is there anyone who could maybe help me out with that?

  • @JZX619
    @JZX619 Год назад

    I mean, a developer is just a small cog of the entire industry, you wont learn shit about PM PA or BA on leetcode

  • @robertaguirre85
    @robertaguirre85 Год назад +5

    Get out there and grab some balls that are dropping!

  • @rieljoson5701
    @rieljoson5701 Год назад +4

    My dream job is to be a software eng. 👌 Hopefully someday I can achieve that level 👌

    • @manofsteel9051
      @manofsteel9051 Год назад

      It's oversaturated, give up

    • @tomyromero4594
      @tomyromero4594 Год назад

      @@manofsteel9051what is your problem?

    • @greekgod1935
      @greekgod1935 Год назад

      @@manofsteel9051which industry isn’t?

    • @userxyz1863
      @userxyz1863 11 месяцев назад

      Same

    • @Mikcrynouse
      @Mikcrynouse 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@manofsteel9051why discourage someone

  • @uaman11
    @uaman11 Год назад

    all that money and no drip

  • @highvoltage47
    @highvoltage47 Год назад +3

    That's not the headquarters - that's the Mountain View office