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Posted Nov 10, 2009 2009-11-10 19:21 PST
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Redmond, WA Apr 2008 – Reviewed Nov 10, 2009
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Resume being selected for the interview is the harder part in my opinion.
Interviews are not so hard compared to Other equally popular companies.
Most of the questions would be past interview questions found on internet.
Even if you know answer right away , trying to deduce the procedure infront of the interviewer would be helpful in gaining a good impression.
Roughly about 1 in 5 are selected from interviews.
So if 20 guys are interviewed on your day. you would need to be atleast 4th best.
Interview Question – Given a square Grid of numbers, Considering all the numbers at the boundary as 1 layer and numbers just inside as another layer and so on how would you rotate each of the layers of the numbers by a given amount. View Answers (3)
Negotiation Details – Cannot negotiate most of the time. Unless you are a top executive, VP and above.
Other Details - I applied online and the process took 4 months.
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