Microsoft Interview Experience Part 1
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Hi guys, I was recently interviewed by Microsoft at Dubai. These were face-face interviews. In my session there were 6 guys and among them 2 of us including myself had 5 interviews, all other had 3 interviews. My interviews were with Windows Sustained Engineering Group. In total they interviewed about 50 people and most of the people including myself had got rejection :(( though i did well in all 5 interviews.. No one has got acceptence as yet. May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.. dont know. will explain the complete interview expereince in next part. Muhammad Shoaib Khan http://geocities.com/lansolution
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Hi guys, I was recently interviewed by Microsoft at Dubai. These were face-face interviews. In my session there were 6 guys and among them 2 of us including myself had 5 interviews, all other had 3 interviews. My interviews were with Windows Sustained Engineering Group. In total they interviewed about 50 people and most of the people including myself had got rejection :(( though i did well in all 5 interviews.. No one has got acceptence as yet. May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.. dont know. will explain the complete interview expereince in next part. Muhammad Shoaib Khan http://geocities.com/lansolution
M.Shoaib Khan wrote: May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.. Or maybe the others could spell :-) Seriously, it's always easy to assume bias, but the fact is, no matter how good you are, you have no idea how good the other interviewees were, or what the employer was looking for. It doesn't mean you suck, just the either someone else was better, or you just didn't fit what they were specifically after. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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M.Shoaib Khan wrote: May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.. Or maybe the others could spell :-) Seriously, it's always easy to assume bias, but the fact is, no matter how good you are, you have no idea how good the other interviewees were, or what the employer was looking for. It doesn't mean you suck, just the either someone else was better, or you just didn't fit what they were specifically after. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
"May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.." I don't agree with that a bit. Microsoft has a very clear code of conduct as far as talent acquisition is concerned. I have personal experience with this, but I feel sorry for you if you really stand on your comment. Ashish
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"May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.." I don't agree with that a bit. Microsoft has a very clear code of conduct as far as talent acquisition is concerned. I have personal experience with this, but I feel sorry for you if you really stand on your comment. Ashish
Ashish Kaila wrote: but I feel sorry for you if you really stand on your comment. Erm.... I didn't make the comment, I quoted the original guy. I agree with you, I doubt Microsoft would let the employment process work on the basis of racial bias. I was trying to say as much to the original poster, also. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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Hi guys, I was recently interviewed by Microsoft at Dubai. These were face-face interviews. In my session there were 6 guys and among them 2 of us including myself had 5 interviews, all other had 3 interviews. My interviews were with Windows Sustained Engineering Group. In total they interviewed about 50 people and most of the people including myself had got rejection :(( though i did well in all 5 interviews.. No one has got acceptence as yet. May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.. dont know. will explain the complete interview expereince in next part. Muhammad Shoaib Khan http://geocities.com/lansolution
Dude, I'm sorry for what happened to you, but blaming it on the 'other' party is not very professional. :| But if you want to post the complete experience, I'm all ears. :) Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." — gantww.
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Hi guys, I was recently interviewed by Microsoft at Dubai. These were face-face interviews. In my session there were 6 guys and among them 2 of us including myself had 5 interviews, all other had 3 interviews. My interviews were with Windows Sustained Engineering Group. In total they interviewed about 50 people and most of the people including myself had got rejection :(( though i did well in all 5 interviews.. No one has got acceptence as yet. May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.. dont know. will explain the complete interview expereince in next part. Muhammad Shoaib Khan http://geocities.com/lansolution
M.Shoaib Khan wrote: though i did well in all 5 interviews Probably others did better. Just because they reject you does not mean you were bad; it usually means they found someone better or that you were not fitted to the role they had in mind. M.Shoaib Khan wrote: May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.. dont know. I seriously doubt whether MS interviewers would be as unprofessional as that. You didn't by any chance attend the interview in a t-shirt that said "All Indians suck, except Nish", did you? That might have got them a tad biased - not all Indians know about me ;P :-D [jus kidding] Try for other positions in MS - lots of people got 2-3 rejects and got in through the 4th or 5th chance they got :-)
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Ashish Kaila wrote: but I feel sorry for you if you really stand on your comment. Erm.... I didn't make the comment, I quoted the original guy. I agree with you, I doubt Microsoft would let the employment process work on the basis of racial bias. I was trying to say as much to the original poster, also. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
Well, that was just a doubt.. I am not blamming them 100% that it was the reason. Actually having rejection from a company, whose product are itegral part of your life, Even most of the development tools i use r from M$, that make u feel bad every time u work on them.. Its hard man.. But thats life..:sigh: Muhammad Shoaib Khan http://geocities.com/lansolution
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M.Shoaib Khan wrote: though i did well in all 5 interviews Probably others did better. Just because they reject you does not mean you were bad; it usually means they found someone better or that you were not fitted to the role they had in mind. M.Shoaib Khan wrote: May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.. dont know. I seriously doubt whether MS interviewers would be as unprofessional as that. You didn't by any chance attend the interview in a t-shirt that said "All Indians suck, except Nish", did you? That might have got them a tad biased - not all Indians know about me ;P :-D [jus kidding] Try for other positions in MS - lots of people got 2-3 rejects and got in through the 4th or 5th chance they got :-)
yeah probably others did better.. btw so far all ppl i know have got rejection. God knows they r gonna hire ghosts or what.. Nishant S wrote: All Indians suck, except Nish lolz Muhammad Shoaib Khan http://geocities.com/lansolution
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Hi guys, I was recently interviewed by Microsoft at Dubai. These were face-face interviews. In my session there were 6 guys and among them 2 of us including myself had 5 interviews, all other had 3 interviews. My interviews were with Windows Sustained Engineering Group. In total they interviewed about 50 people and most of the people including myself had got rejection :(( though i did well in all 5 interviews.. No one has got acceptence as yet. May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.. dont know. will explain the complete interview expereince in next part. Muhammad Shoaib Khan http://geocities.com/lansolution
M.Shoaib Khan wrote: bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian I too rejected by MS this FEB. My Interviewer are from INDIA, position are based in Bangalore, India and I too belong to INDIA :), Is they are Biased? Nope!,MS select people purly on Talent and Knowledge, if they aren't MS never setup a DEVELOPMENT Center in India and Pakistan! Anyways,I know why I am rejected due to my inability of speaking Good English!:doh:.
"Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow
cheers, Alok Gupta
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yeah probably others did better.. btw so far all ppl i know have got rejection. God knows they r gonna hire ghosts or what.. Nishant S wrote: All Indians suck, except Nish lolz Muhammad Shoaib Khan http://geocities.com/lansolution
M.Shoaib Khan wrote: btw so far all ppl i know have got rejection. God knows they r gonna hire ghosts or what.. BTW, I know at least 2 people who have got acceptance out of your batch of approx 50 people. These are the 2 I know. May be there are others as well. "I would luv to change the world, but they wont give me the source code" :( My Articles
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M.Shoaib Khan wrote: btw so far all ppl i know have got rejection. God knows they r gonna hire ghosts or what.. BTW, I know at least 2 people who have got acceptance out of your batch of approx 50 people. These are the 2 I know. May be there are others as well. "I would luv to change the world, but they wont give me the source code" :( My Articles
from which univ/college? Muhammad Shoaib Khan http://geocities.com/lansolution
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Hi guys, I was recently interviewed by Microsoft at Dubai. These were face-face interviews. In my session there were 6 guys and among them 2 of us including myself had 5 interviews, all other had 3 interviews. My interviews were with Windows Sustained Engineering Group. In total they interviewed about 50 people and most of the people including myself had got rejection :(( though i did well in all 5 interviews.. No one has got acceptence as yet. May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.. dont know. will explain the complete interview expereince in next part. Muhammad Shoaib Khan http://geocities.com/lansolution
M.Shoaib Khan wrote: May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.. dont know. Mr. Khan, Such comments might have been originated from ideas and attitude that you might have shown during your intreview, and prevented you from focusing on the technical side of the interview. Simply, you might not have had the skills that they were looking for. Cheers Ghazi It is Illogical to define an inventor by his invention
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M.Shoaib Khan wrote: though i did well in all 5 interviews Probably others did better. Just because they reject you does not mean you were bad; it usually means they found someone better or that you were not fitted to the role they had in mind. M.Shoaib Khan wrote: May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.. dont know. I seriously doubt whether MS interviewers would be as unprofessional as that. You didn't by any chance attend the interview in a t-shirt that said "All Indians suck, except Nish", did you? That might have got them a tad biased - not all Indians know about me ;P :-D [jus kidding] Try for other positions in MS - lots of people got 2-3 rejects and got in through the 4th or 5th chance they got :-)
Nishant S wrote: "All Indians suck, except Nish" Note to self: carry gun when going to meet Nish :-D Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." — gantww.
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Nishant S wrote: "All Indians suck, except Nish" Note to self: carry gun when going to meet Nish :-D Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." — gantww.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: Note to self: carry gun when going to meet Nish :eek:
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Hi guys, I was recently interviewed by Microsoft at Dubai. These were face-face interviews. In my session there were 6 guys and among them 2 of us including myself had 5 interviews, all other had 3 interviews. My interviews were with Windows Sustained Engineering Group. In total they interviewed about 50 people and most of the people including myself had got rejection :(( though i did well in all 5 interviews.. No one has got acceptence as yet. May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.. dont know. will explain the complete interview expereince in next part. Muhammad Shoaib Khan http://geocities.com/lansolution
M.Shoaib Khan wrote: May be it was biaseness bcoz i am Pakistani and my interviewers were Indian.. dont know. Few years back when I was interviewed for MSFT I got rejected too. But I know that technically I was not the one they are looking for. In the interview panel there were number of people (different nationalities incl Indians), but I don't blame their nationality for my rejection.
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Ashish Kaila wrote: but I feel sorry for you if you really stand on your comment. Erm.... I didn't make the comment, I quoted the original guy. I agree with you, I doubt Microsoft would let the employment process work on the basis of racial bias. I was trying to say as much to the original poster, also. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
Oh I was replying to original guy :D Eeks...