   Interview with Microsoft tomorrow.  Any suggestions?
  Yup, I've got an interview with Microsoft tomorrow.  Software Engineer and Tester to be more specific.  Anyone else had a successful interview with them before?  I'm already packing up some of my source code demos and such for the interview, and hopefully I'm wearing the right stuff (i.e. suit, tie, etc.).  Plus I made sure that I have a list of questions to ask as well as a few things to say about myself in general.  What do you recommend?  Just don't want to blow this somehow.  Thanks.   
  Good luck, i heard they have great benefits.   ;  Don't wear a wizardhat!   ;  confidence.I've found that if you can beleive that they need you more than you need them it's not so scary (but don't get cocky).Imagine your talking to a geek friend down the pub - a good smile and enthusiasm. Is always worked for me.I think questions which infer that you are the succesful candidate, e.g."Do you think I would mix well with the current team?" - If you have shown your personality throughout the interview they should be able to gage that and if they are enjoying the conversation it will be a simple "Yes", subconsiously they are giving you the job. Compare this to asking a girl out on a date - make them happy/smile then infer spending further time together then go in for the kill, its almost a certain yes. Derren Brown uses this technique frequently but I can't remember what it is called.   ;  Yeps, but different function and different country. =) Regardless: look smart (which you are already planning), be confident, and make sure to listen to the interviewer as well: showing you are a good listener helps a lot!   ;  Tell them your uncle is Bill Gates.   ;Quote:Original post by JSoftwarewear a wizardhat!;  Very few people will care what you're wearing.  But a suit won't hurt either.For coding questions know the basics.  Run through the standard C string functions and see if you could implement them yourself.  Basic data structures - arrays, lists, trees, hashes.  Know what they are and what their characteristics are.  Basic techniques, e.g. recursion.  Don't be afraid to use a helper function (I blew an interview on that once, made a terrible mess trying to cram everything into a single function).Get it working first.  If you can optimize on the fly without breaking your stride that's great but don't try so hard that you don't get it working.  When you've got something up test it (particularly for a test position!).  Write your test cases down.  If you are making assumptions about your input state that up front and clear it with the interviewer.If you get stuck don't stand there in silence.  Talk your way through it.   ;  Wear speedos.   ;Quote:Original post by Anon MikeVery few people will care what you're wearing.  But a suit won't hurt either.For coding questions know the basics.  Run through the standard C string functions and see if you could implement them yourself.  Basic data structures - arrays, lists, trees, hashes.  Know what they are and what their characteristics are.  Basic techniques, e.g. recursion.  Don't be afraid to use a helper function (I blew an interview on that once, made a terrible mess trying to cram everything into a single function).Get it working first.  If you can optimize on the fly without breaking your stride that's great but don't try so hard that you don't get it working.  When you've got something up test it (particularly for a test position!).  Write your test cases down.  If you are making assumptions about your input state that up front and clear it with the interviewer.If you get stuck don't stand there in silence.  Talk your way through it.I hope I didn't blow the interview when writing my code example on the board.  I felt like a complete n00b when I found out I forgot to use %.  My interviewer said don't worry, I made the same mistake too.  I can't say that makes me feel better about the interview, but at least he liked my Xbox code example(s), plus he could related to alot of stuff I went through to get as far as an interview with Microsoft.  Maybe there's a bit of hope left.Either way, I was humiliated.   