I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019)
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Re: I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019)
#2That’s not cheating, that’s not a problem at all. Neither ethical nor otherwise.
You happened to know a working solution, this was by chance, but you also managed to sell it, explain it and it’s a solution you developped.
Re: I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019)
#3I wouldn't even call this cheating to be honest, people practice interview programming questions all the time, he just practiced the right one for the day.
Re: I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019)
#4That’s not cheating, that’s not a problem at all. Neither ethical nor otherwise. You happened to know a working solution, this was by chance, but you also managed to sell it, explain it and it’s a solution you developped.
And the fact that the poster did well on the full-day follow up at Redmond and was invited to join either of the teams he interviewed with means that he was certainly qualified to pass the on-campus interview.
Re: I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019)
#5He cheated more on writing a clickbait title than actually "cheating" on the interview. This is the same thing as when a kid in class thought studying was a way to cheat.
Re: I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019)
#6I remember this formula was part of a book called "Formelsammlung" (german for equation-collection) that we were allowed to take to math exams in university in cs. This is a simple know or don't than you have to deduct issue.
Re: I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019)
#7This is not cheating. Tech companies are literally looking for candidates who have seen the problem before.
If they were truly testing for engineering skills, the interview would mirror real day to day world more.
Re: I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019)
#8It seems that knowing the famous anecdote about Gauss:
https://www.americanscientist.org/article/gausss-day-of-reck...
http://bit-player.org/wp-content/extras/gaussfiles/gauss-sni...
would have helped as well.
Re: I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019)
#9I think it's fair game. You called ahead of the job fair, which allowed you to prepare.
They were also lazy with their recruiting questions.
If they wanted to select on skills instead of knowledge of interview question gimmicks, they would have asked for a link to your profile showing off your work, and look at it after the fair.
Re: I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019)
#10This isn't cheating.
This is utilizing your network and preparing for potential questions.
If Microsoft is risking to ask the exact same question to someone, it's their problem.