Microsoft Third Round Interview

So niliapply entry level position huku nikatumiwa codility nikafanya nikaitwa on site interviews. Though naskia ati entry level roles ziko na 5 rounds where the third round is system design na sijaai guza system design at all during my prep :flushed:. Other companies only ask algorithmic and behavioral questions to entry level candidates.

For those ones that have taken interviews for either Software Engineer I ama Software Engineer Intern what kind of system design questions do they ask? Is it a fully fledged one for example ā€œdesign a ride sharing service like Uberā€ or is it more OOP?

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@Aka_mpole is ex-Twatter. Iā€™m sure he knows a thing or two.

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Musk alimfuta kazi after acquisition ama? :green_emoji:

:green_emoji: He even shared emails of his (purported) dismissal and Melon Musk telling to:

How did this go.? Uliwai hiyo job?

Zii rounds zote zilienda fiti nikapata email and I was confident kufungua inasema we regret to inform you

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Aarghā€¦ ingine itajipa walahi.
Must have been an enriching experience i believe

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They probably took on a bimbo whoā€™s dad is a someone in the industry and let go the skilled guy with potential.

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Ingia Linkedin na utafte mtu ako huko atasaidiaā€¦inbox kadhaa. Najua kadhaa but sitaki kujidox.

It went well but sadly I didnā€™t get selected

any tips for acing those codility questions?

Fanya a basic course to learn the algorithms if you havenā€™t already, then in terms of practice angalia lists kama Striver SDE Sheet, Grind 169, and Neetcode 150. They have lists of common questions covering most interview patterns.

Anza na the basics kama za linked list, stack, queue, heap and the likes then fanya arrays and strings, prefix sum, backtracking, greedy, dynamic programming (probably the hardest type of questions), then trees and graphs. That is the order that has worked for me.

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Asante sana.

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So how did it go well then?

Like I went all the way nikapita technical rounds zote and the feedback from the interviewer was good on each round. Normally if you fail one round you are not given the next one.

What was the reason you were not selected?

I donā€™t know man maybe waliamua wapee girl child to fill the gender quota, or more candidates passed the interviews than the number of positions to fill, or maybe I failed the behavioral round.

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So it didnā€™t go well then! Anyway, lenga story ya Faang saa hii, ingia zile niche startups ujenge skills.