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      Software Engineer Interview

      18 Sept 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Hyderābād
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderābād)

      Interview

      It was a drive - approximately 40 people were called in on a Saturday. Mine was a 12PM slot. Had 4 rounds of interview. After 1st round, some of them were asked to leave. The same happened even after 2nd round. There were outstation candidates too. Their interviews were scheduled little earlier as they had flights to catch. It was 9:30PM by the time I finished my 3rd round. So I was called in on Monday for my Hiring Manager round. After my round, I went to meet the HR and I was made the offer. The letter was rolled out within the next 10days. Overall 6 of us were selected and the hiring process was very friendly.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      A 2d canvas - 1024x1024 was given. This canvas has a lot of shapes. Every shape has a function that returns yes/no if a given a point(x,y) lies/doesn't lie within it. I was asked to come up with the most optimal solution to return list of all the shapes that contain a given point p.
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      Next Higher palindrome
      1 Answer
      6

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