I'm doing my grad SWE interview rn, just finished the first technical round yesterday and I got the exact same question! Lowest common ancestors in BST. Except I've never seen it before and had no idea how to solve it haha. I hope next interviews give me the same questions as well
Hmm I didn’t do any formal training. However I’m just generally a really social person and try to talk to as many people as possible in this world. I always try and ask questions that are unique to that person’s life experiences.
So the big lesson is Microsoft is pretty easy to pass because some interviewers pass you if you suck at solving problems, simply because the interviewer likes you. Not surprising tbh. I never made small talk but in my on-site for sde2 I nailed the LeetCode questions, because they were commonly asked and easier mediums.
Hahaha, it is indeed possible to get in without great problem solving skills. However I do know many candidates that had excellent problem solving skills (Olympiad winners) that were rejected due to soft skills.
Amazing question. I will eventually make a video about my experience working there if that would help. But tldr the salary and experience wasn’t the best 🤣
q3 is probably some form of graph problem with topological sort ?(mostly just in degree, out degree thing). if a celebrity doesn't know anyone its outdegree = 0? but w/o full context hard to tell if this is correct
I'm doing my grad SWE interview rn, just finished the first technical round yesterday and I got the exact same question! Lowest common ancestors in BST. Except I've never seen it before and had no idea how to solve it haha. I hope next interviews give me the same questions as well
Hahah that is so funny! I hope you ended up getting accepted :)
Have you trained how to quickly build a good relation with the interviewer? Do you have some tricks or questions that always work well?
Hmm I didn’t do any formal training. However I’m just generally a really social person and try to talk to as many people as possible in this world.
I always try and ask questions that are unique to that person’s life experiences.
@@tallulabellm1 thanks, I will try that!
So the big lesson is Microsoft is pretty easy to pass because some interviewers pass you if you suck at solving problems, simply because the interviewer likes you. Not surprising tbh. I never made small talk but in my on-site for sde2 I nailed the LeetCode questions, because they were commonly asked and easier mediums.
Hahaha, it is indeed possible to get in without great problem solving skills.
However I do know many candidates that had excellent problem solving skills (Olympiad winners) that were rejected due to soft skills.
Can you make a videos on early resumes to get threw the resume screen?
Yes sure - this is a really good idea.
Why did you say you were naive in getting excited for the offer? Just curious. Very insightful content, keep it up.
Amazing question. I will eventually make a video about my experience working there if that would help. But tldr the salary and experience wasn’t the best 🤣
q3 is probably some form of graph problem with topological sort ?(mostly just in degree, out degree thing). if a celebrity doesn't know anyone its outdegree = 0? but w/o full context hard to tell if this is correct
Hmm, yeah you could be right...wish that I remembered it better.