GF asked LC Medium for Freshman internship at MSFT

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Feb 20 38 Comments

She solved it non optimally and then solved it optimally but it took her the whole interview. The interviewer also laughed at her and told her it took too long and if she has programmed before

Is this normal? Idk I'm in HW but it seems bad

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  • Gotta get a new GF bro
    Feb 20 5
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    xkywn374

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    xkywn374
    Well itโ€™s perfectly reasonable to solve an LC medium in 45 minutes.

    The problem is you have a breed of people desperate enough for that tech moolah ๐Ÿ’ฐ that they are will to go to great lengths to prepare. These people memorize solutions to problems AND have problem solving skills AND have solved / memorized 100s.

    In my own circle of friends all of whom made it to FAANG I have solved the least @700 LC.

    Thereโ€™s one guy in our study group who has done 1400 LC problems.

    We have group quizzes and mnemonic devices to recall solutions

    I know friends who sent their spouse and newborn kids to home country and prepared 7-8 hours every day outside of work.

    No one admits this.

    A lot of successful people are doing this.

    Not many accept it or talk outside their circle about this
    Feb 20 11
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      xkywn374

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      xkywn374
      MSFT agreed completely.

      Btw age discrimination happens because companies donโ€™t want people with family / kids aka outside life. So yes it will also filter out youngsters with outside life as well.
      Feb 20
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      xkywn374

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      xkywn374
      Also outside of the dot com bust, boomers at HP IBM type companies were repeatedly laid off and just not picked for interviews.

      I know many many talented engineers who had their careers cut short
      Feb 20
  • Similar thing happened to me at DocuSign internship interview. Guy got frustrated that it took me 30m to do a LC medium I hadn't seen before. I did finish it though plus aced their take home challenge. During closing convo I asked him what qualites they look for in devs. He rolled his eyes right in front of me then laughed and said "umm well... basic coding skills." Just crazy rude.

    Someone could be the worst coder in the world and there's still no excuse for acting like that. Fuck those interviewers.
    Feb 20 2
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    Pikatchu

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    Pikatchu
    As a person who has a MSFT offer now. I can tell you I experienced the same thing. I was heart broken for couple of weeks. It shattered my confidence. Few MSFT old timers are big jerks specially the ones who have moved to the US recently.

    Please try to support her at this time. I know I am much better than the other folks who did get into MSFT that time.

    Ask her to work on things she can fix, feel those emotions but let that not be a measure to undermine herself. I hope she finds a good internship ๐Ÿ˜Š
    Feb 20 1
  • I got three LC hards and one medium for my fresh grad interview with MS.
    It really depends on who you get as an interviewer. Some people will ask you to delete a node from a linked list others will go hardcore with their extravagant problems.
    The laugh though is not okay. I would actually reach out to her recruiter and say it made her feel even more stressed.
    Feb 20 2
    • I agree, should reach out to recruiter, I know the ones I hire with would like to know if one of ours was doing something like this. Not good for hiring and not good for company image either
      Feb 20
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      bob lazar

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      bob lazar
      Deleting a node from linked list is pretty hardโ€ฆ
      Feb 20