Posted by Ben on August 13, 2008
I had mentioned this in the Tips section, but some people on some sites might still get the wrong idea about studying for my recent Microsoft interview, so I want to write this post, which explains my opinion more (and it really is just my opinion–I have no idea what Microsoft’s policy or opinion is). [...]
Posted by Ben on August 12, 2008
Some people (I’m looking at you reddit), have complained about the length of my interview story. So sorry. I wanted to document the entire experience, for myself as well as others, so I included a lot of detail. I know a lot of people enjoy it. There are plenty of shorter experiences out there, so [...]
Posted by Ben on August 10, 2008
(If the thought of reading more than 4,500 words makes you hyperventilate, please go instead to my summary) Please also read my Clarification on Why Study for an Interview My first book, C# 4.0 How-To is now shipping! If you like tips you can use, check it out! My Microsoft Background Before I go into [...]
Posted by Ben on February 1, 2008
1. Write out all floating point values between 0 and 1. 2. Write tic-tac-toe in Brainf*&$ 3. What is 2128 in decimal? 4. Solve traveling salesman in constant time (O(1)) 5. How many grains of sand are there in the Sahara (at a given instant, assuming constant, well-defined boundaries)? 6. Implement quicksort on a spherically [...]
Posted by Ben on December 5, 2007
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Posted by Ben on August 14, 2007
This a follow-up to my previous post about my interview process with Google. Once a post gets as long as that one did, I’m sure to forget to say some things. Rather than updating that post, I thought I had enough new to say to warrant a new post. First is the picture I got [...]
Posted by Ben on August 12, 2007
(See also part 2 of this article). A few months ago I received an e-mail from a recruiter at Google asking for an opportunity to talk to me about available development positions. Needless to say, I was pretty excited. I’m fairly happy in my current job, but–it’s GOOGLE. You don’t say no to an interview [...]