Microsoft Interview Questions

Suhasan C. - "i'm going to Structure my answer like this: make sure we both are on the same page by asking Qs Users and their use cases/pain points Prioritise the use cases Brainstorm some solution Priritize the solutions + Trade offs Metrics define success Clarifying Qs: Who are we? ==> MicroSoft team who designs physical product Whiteboard so==> mething where people can write/draw to present/explain/workout Office==> workplace. Not schools/univ Smart ==> It understands most o"See full answer

Guna shekhar reddy B. - "From my understanding there are many music apps focused on providing various services such as streaming, learning musical instruments, and collaboration among musicians. However,, there seems to be a gap in the area of emerging musicians getting discovered by producers or talent scouts. Considering this gap, we could design an app, “ StageLite ”, which allows budding musicians to upload clips of their performances. These can then be evaluated and rated by a community of users who can upvote good"See full answer

Exponent - "This problem tests your ability to make sense of strategic business decisions. Don't feel pressured to start speaking immediately — you should feel free to take a few moments of silence to come up with some sound arguments. This makes your answer sound more measured and thought through. For this question, there are a few lines of reasoning you can go with. Data > LinkedIn was, and still is, the largest professional social network on the web. Since almost every high-powered executive and senio"See full answer

Abdul K. - "Clarification questions: a. Is this platform like YouTube to post cooking videos by homechefs? b. Is this like Doordash where homechef’s can sell home cooked food? Response: Feel free to assume. I’m assuming to build a marketplace platform where homechef’s can sell their home cooked food. c. Are we looking to build a webapp/mobile native app Response: Mobile native app (iOS and Android) d. Which markets are we focusing on? Global or North America or USA **Response: I would focus on"See full answer

Kunal kumar S. - "simply check its size if the size if the size is greater than n then yes it has duplicate"See full answer

Shuvam C. - "Introduce special tickets which will cover a bundle of rides. This will distribute the load over the remaining rides and reduce the queue for the particular ride as all the people will no longer try to avail the same ride simultaneously."See full answer

Exponent - "This is another Strategy question, which means finding good reasons for strategic decisions. A few reasons for the GitHub acquisition are listed here. Competition > With the GitHub acquisition comes a lot of data on which companies are getting huge, or which technologies are cutting edge. Microsoft can adopt these technologies faster than others by having a pulse on this. It's also a defensive acquisition, since GitHub belonging to Microsoft means it can't be bought by Facebook or Google"See full answer

Priyank S. - "clarify question- do you want me to focus on Home, wearables, automotive or any specific IOT product? Interviewer - whichever you want to focus Rephrase: So I believe our goal is to make life easier for users using Internet of things (IOT) product. Does that sound good? Interviewer - Yes Ok so if I understand it, I can focus on any IOT product. For me Internet of things product is the one which is smart and connects to internet and makes people day to day tasks easy. With evolution of 5G Interne"See full answer

Lash - "A perceptron is the most basic building block of a neural network and represents a single-layer binary classifier."See full answer

Apurv M. - "Started with the clarifying questions. Then discussed the following with the panel: Goal Users Use Cases Features Priority Metrics to measure the success"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Favorite Product question with a slight twist. We have a constraint: picking a subscription-based product. This should be relatively easy since most of us are subscribed to at least one of these services. Let's go over the Favorite Product formula before we begin: Choose a product and briefly explain what it is Who are the users? What are their pain points? How did competitors solve it in the past? **How does this product address these pain points dif"See full answer

Parag - "Identify the constraints AR - definition College tour - definition (purpose - college application/college selection) Users College applicant/parents Tour guide Use Cases How does the college experience feel like in different seasons College experience in events, festivals, educational fairs Stimulate college sports events Mission statement - Sell the college to candidate in the best possible way Solutions At sports center, I can view the past games and experien"See full answer