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The most difficult questions are about some particular algorithms or mathematical problems that interviewer is very familiar with but the candidate has never heard of. Not only it may create a stressful situation (candidate thinks that it is something he/she is supposed to know), it is not how the people solve new problems in IT. Many people may not be able to fully understand a particular mathematical (e.g. theoretical) theorem in a matter of 10-15 minutes and without good understanding of that particular theorem it may be hard to apply it to the real-life problem presented by the interviewer. For example, the question about finding the majority number in a large input sequence.
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Senior Software Engineer

Interviewed at Google

4.4
Jan 16, 2013

The most difficult questions are about some particular algorithms or mathematical problems that interviewer is very familiar with but the candidate has never heard of. Not only it may create a stressful situation (candidate thinks that it is something he/she is supposed to know), it is not how the people solve new problems in IT. Many people may not be able to fully understand a particular mathematical (e.g. theoretical) theorem in a matter of 10-15 minutes and without good understanding of that particular theorem it may be hard to apply it to the real-life problem presented by the interviewer. For example, the question about finding the majority number in a large input sequence.

Online Test : 1. count how many 1 bits are set after multiplication of 2 numbers 2. Implement CD (Unix command) functionality Technical Round 1 :: 1. formal introduction 2. Role in Current Project 3. Which UI framework/technology is better 4. Write a Decompressing Program to convert the string Ex :: i/p -> 3[b2[ca]] o/p -> bcacabcacabcaca
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Senior Software Engineer

Interviewed at Microsoft

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May 22, 2021

Online Test : 1. count how many 1 bits are set after multiplication of 2 numbers 2. Implement CD (Unix command) functionality Technical Round 1 :: 1. formal introduction 2. Role in Current Project 3. Which UI framework/technology is better 4. Write a Decompressing Program to convert the string Ex :: i/p -> 3[b2[ca]] o/p -> bcacabcacabcaca

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