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Debunking the
Technical Interview
What is a technical
interview?
• Technical Interviews
• Gauge what you know
• Evaluate how you think
• Assess how you solve problems
• Questions
• Behavioral
• Teamwork and motivation
especially!
• Resume based
• Technical
Interviewers
• Software Engineers
• Many of them were college hires, so they have
been in your shoes
• Talking to them is a GREAT opportunity to
learn more about Microsoft projects and
culture
Non-coding questions
• Usually based on your resume
Feel free to improve your algorithm as you test: How can we improve this algorithm?
Prime Number Question
▪ Algorithm to Improve: ▪ Improvements:
Overview Competencies
▪ Evaluate customer ▪ Business acumen ▪ If you love negotiating, evangelizing and empathizing on
feedback and needs ▪ Collaboration behalf of our customers, this role is for you.
▪ Participate in feature ▪ The in-house advocate for millions of people worldwide.
▪ Customer focus
planning and design ▪ The driver of technical vision, design, and implementation of
▪ Build product ▪ Drive for results software solutions.
specifications and ▪ Influencing for impact ▪ The predictor and researcher of how software is used
project timelines ▪ Build functional specs
▪ Communicate ▪ Ensure end products exceed customer expectations
development progress ▪ The partner of SWEs to ensure our end products exceed
to the broader team expectations.
Building
software to
empower every
person and
organization
on the planet
to achieve
more
Associate Consultant
▪ Expertise in specific technology area
▪ Build, design, deploy custom solutions
Effective
storytelling to make
our customers our
biggest fans
Building the next wave of ▪ Business acumen Microsoft’s accelerated HR development program - a
global HR leaders that ▪ Collaboration tailored two year rotational assignment (two one-year
can best protect and rotations) that places participants in challenging roles
deliver the value of our ▪ Customer focus across HR.
most cherished asset...our ▪ Drive for results Upon completing the program, HR Trax members emerge
people. ▪ Influencing for impact with a solid understanding of Microsoft HR, Microsoft
business functions, a strong track record, and a network
to propel them to future success.
Creating value
across the board –
from our customers
to our shareholders
Competencies
▪ Financial professional The Global Sales and The Central Finance Team Product/Engineering Group (EG)
knowledge Commercial (GSC) Finance (CFT) manages reporting, Finance is aligned to Microsoft’s
▪ Judgment team leads the financial and strategic planning, investor product groups and manages the
strategic planning, reporting, relations, and other core financial planning & analysis,
▪ Customer focus analysis, controls, compliance, financial performance market intelligence, revenue
▪ Collaboration and financial and business management processes at the forecasting & analysis, operating
performance for all of corporate-level of the company. expense forecasting & analysis,
Microsoft’s sales and marketing The Central Finance Team serves COGS forecasting & analysis, and
subsidiaries worldwide as well as a center of excellence and full P&L controllership for these
as the worldwide commercial provides exposure to the product groups.
business, directly impacting $85 formation of long-term
billion in annual revenue and company strategy.
55,000 employees worldwide.
Making it easy
for our customers
to do business
with Microsoft
Roles include
Ensure that customers get ▪ Technical sales specialist Locations throughout the Northwest, West Coast,
greater business value ▪ account tech strategist Midwest
from Microsoft’s world- and South
class technology