I have an interview in a couple hours...

[JE3146]

I attended a seminar on campus of Windows 7, and handed in my resume.

Microsoft got ahold of me and wanted an interview. So I applied for a Software/dev or Hardware/dev position starting Fall 2010 after I graduate.

We'll see how it goes.

Wish me luck. :)

[Pilon]

Good luck!

[acarr]

I wish you luck my friend! I have a cigar sitting in my humi waiting for you. Maybe tonight ehhh?

[Don Fernando]

good luck

[GreekGodX]

Good luck! I'll be smoking a cigar just for you tonight brother because the job is yours :tu

[tobii3]

Jordan herfin' with Bill and Melinda......

:tu

[St. Lou Stu]

Good luck dude!
Walk in there with your shirt up on your head like Cornholio.... always works for me!

[icehog3]

Good luck Jordan. :tu

[elderboy02]

Good luck Jordan! Sounds like a dream job!

[jdakine]

Best of luck to you, u will do fine:tu

[mosesbotbol]

Have you done any Windows 7 deployments? Are you strong with MDT or BDD?

Good luck on your interview.

[Vorb]

Good luck Jordan !

The Stumptown Crew is rootin for ya brotha ! :banger

:ss

[KidRock]

Goood luck, jordan!! Knockem out!!!!!!!!!!!

[hotreds]

Best of luck to ya!

[markem]

sweet, Jordan! Let me know which area and I can have my MS friends scope out the group for you before you decide if you want to take the job.

[WyGuy]

Good luck!

[14holestogie]

Tear it up, Jordan! Best of luck. :tu

[Skywalker]

Good Luck Jordan!!!:gl

[str8edg]

I would wish you luck brother... but you don't need it!

Knock 'em dead Jordan

[Sauer Grapes]

good luck

[JE3146]

sweet, Jordan! Let me know which area and I can have my MS friends scope out the group for you before you decide if you want to take the job.


I appreciate it.

This was just the technical review, ie stage 1.

If I make it to stage 2, then I'll get to meet the teams I could work for over a series of like 6 to 8 interviews.

So if I make it to stage 2, I may have you dig up some info for me :D


Interview went well though. Totally forgot the syntax of a coding question they asked :bh but I haven't used that stuff in over 2 years. My pseudo code was spot on exactly right though. So at least I knew that much.

Background info and current projects discussions went about as good as they could. He seemed very interested in stuff I was doing. A lot of positive reactions and comments about it.

So now I get to wait :D... I'll know within a week or two.

[str8edg]

excellent sir...

<fingers crossed>

[DBall]

That's just straight awesome.

[mosesbotbol]

That's exciting!

What were some of the techincal questions you were asked?
What kind of role are they recruiting for?

[Wanger]

Well done, #2.

[elderboy02]

What coding question were you asked?

What pseudo code did you have to write?

[chippewastud79]

Nice work Jordan :tu

[JE3146]

What coding question were you asked?

What pseudo code did you have to write?

Create a Linked List in C

Then create a function that that takes the list and reverses it's order.

I've been doing mostly embedded C programming, and before that strictly Perl, so writing out data structures and pointers and all that jazz in C is about 2 years rusty.

Looking back on it, it wasn't that hard of a task, but at least the thought process that I had was right, and so was my answer, even if the syntax wasn't correct :r Could have asked to do it in Perl, but I couldn't think of how to do data structures in it until I had left the interview and realized I could have used a hash in place of a struct in C. Was a simple mistake, but 'in the moment' i just blanked :(

That and I had about 5 minutes to do this. Thought no way in hell they'd ask me to do something related to data structures in a 30 minute interview, but alas, I was wrong. I'll be prepped and ready if it happens again though. Believe that.


If I don't make it to stage 2, I'm 99.99% sure it's because of that.

[JE3146]

That's exciting!

What were some of the techincal questions you were asked?
What kind of role are they recruiting for?

A very vague Software development position or a Hardware development position.

Could be in any one of 3 dozen divisions really.

[Riff Raff]

Create a Linked List in C

Then create a function that that takes the list and reverses it's order.

I've been doing mostly embedded C programming, and before that strictly Perl, so writing out data structures and pointers and all that jazz in C is about 2 years rusty.

Looking back on it, it wasn't that hard of a task, but at least the thought process that I had was right, and so was my answer, even if the syntax wasn't correct :r Could have asked to do it in Perl, but I couldn't think of how to do data structures in it until I had left the interview and realized I could have used a hash in place of a struct in C. Was a simple mistake, but 'in the moment' i just blanked :(

That and I had about 5 minutes to do this. Thought no way in hell they'd ask me to do something related to data structures in a 30 minute interview, but alas, I was wrong. I'll be prepped and ready if it happens again though. Believe that.


If I don't make it to stage 2, I'm 99.99% sure it's because of that.

Positive mental attitude! I wish you all the luck in the world!

Make sure you know the 5 FSMO roles! That was the first question I was asked when I applied for Google. Needless to say, I didn't know it then. I do now! :r

Good luck brother!