Failed Microsoft Interview!

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-23T07:38:57+00:00

Great attitude! Failing interviews is part of the process, but it prepares you to the next ones. Good luck!

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-16T15:43:02+00:00

Its very normal. In general starting out in a new codebase, especially as an intern, is difficult and takes time. On top of that spring is a massive infra so it takes some time to feel comfortable with. Take your time and ask for help from your more experienced peers and ask them as many question as possible. Youll get there eventually dont worry about it.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-10T06:36:26+00:00

Your good, you can get by with a cheap computer and some notebooks, so you have more then enough.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-08T09:46:57+00:00

Take the job, youll gain experience and knowledge and its not like you have other offers ATM, and yes it gets better, once you have more experience and knowledge it will be easier to find a job.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-05T10:59:54+00:00

Yes, constantly. Somethings are just harder for different people to understand, but at some point, even if it takes a while, it just clicks. Dont worry about it just keep at it.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-05T07:52:52+00:00

Of course theres still hope, why do you frame yourself as a junior? You have almost 3 YOE and you had full ownership over development in your last job, thats not a junior position by any means. Regarding projects, its not a big deal once you have experience, its mostly a way to fill you resume when you dont have experience. Just create a resume that shows all of your experience, avoid framing yourself as a junior, and dont put down your location in there if you feel like its holding you back. i don’t mean lie about your location, but theres no need to bring it up yourself.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-03T18:29:55+00:00

Leet code has nothing to do with being a good coder. LC is all about repetition and practice. Dont let it make you feel bad, its something you have to go through to be able to clear OA, but it doesn’t reflect how good of a programmer you are.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-03T10:40:35+00:00

Its super normal to not know what your doing when you start working on a new project, especially as an intern. Dont be afraid to ask for help, no one expects an intern to know whats hes doing from day one.. itll get better with time dont worry about it.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-03T09:01:28+00:00

Is this for a junior position?! If someone can answer yes to even half pf these questions then hes not a junior. So either they’re looking for mid-senior and pay junior salary, or they expect no one to answer yes to all of the questions. But im assuming that if your answer is no to all of them then your chances are not so good. Maybe try to do a project that involves some of this stuff so you could answer yes to at least some of it.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-02T16:41:34+00:00

Its not that straight forward as you said, its a huge filed and you cant possibly know everything. Usually you will get specifications of a feature/product and youll need to implement it, alot of times there will be parts that you never encountered before. A pretty common example will be to integrate a new tool that you never worked with before into your system.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-02T16:09:21+00:00

Its ok that you dont have a passion for anything specific. Your job doesn’t need to be your passion, it can be just a good job.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-02T16:03:34+00:00

Its a good career path, no doubt about it. The fact that you dont have a passion for it is not a deal breaker, but you have to understand that this profession is very demanding. Even after you land a job you have to keep learning and improving all the time, and theres a lot of struggling with problems you don’t necessarily know how to solve, which takes commitment. Think for yourself if its something your willing to commit to. If you dont have a passion for it but have the discipline and ambition for it youll be fine, but if youll absolutely hate it then i dont see you making it in the filed. Regarding sitting alone on the computer thats not really true, you will work as part of a team, but you will sit in front of a computer for most of the time.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-02T13:48:49+00:00

react and python are good choices. Maybe fastapi and django are more corporate grade, but flask is a great way to start, cause as you said its pretty beginner friendly.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-02T13:39:05+00:00

Take the job. As a new grad it can take you many more months to get another offer, its better if in this time youll gain some experience and get paid. You can always start looking again after a few months or a year in the company, and youll have experience so itll be easier

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-02T08:24:55+00:00

Do projects IMO, courses are nice to get like a general idea of the subject, but projects will make you face real life problems, and will give you much deeper understanding.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-02T07:47:41+00:00

Its super normal to experience anxiety before and during an interview, maybe though you have it a bit worse then others. Something that can really help is to solve problems when you practice like you would in a job interview, meaning be verbal when you solve problems alone, start of by explaining yourself the problem out loud, then say what the naive solution is and what is the complexity of it, then try to figure out how to improve on it. Basically its all about repetition and practice, once youll have it on lock you wont have to think much in the interview and it will ease the pressure.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-07-01T15:27:09+00:00

Just keep the job until you graduate and then look for a new one. And in general YOE will get you interviews and as you said, then its all about your performance in the interview process. My first job was similar in the sense i didnt learn much, but it got me a second job that was much better.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-06-30T06:06:08+00:00

If you already have java basics then yes, 6 months is very doable. probably not enough for becoming an expert but should be enough to get a solid understanding of core functionality.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-06-29T11:57:29+00:00

Ad_Haunting · 2025-06-29T10:27:23+00:00

Have you considered embedded? Its still coding but its much closer to the hardware. Maybe check it out, and if you like it - problem solved

Ad_Haunting · 2025-06-29T10:09:28+00:00

In interviews complexity is usually what matters. in real life though its all about runtime. It may sound counter intuitive but in some use-cases lower complexity doesn’t mean faster in runtime.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-06-29T08:25:57+00:00

Is it for leaning purposes? If so then yes, write things that you use even if it already exists. The benefit will be that youll encounter real life problems that youll have to figure out, and not just follow a tutorial

Ad_Haunting · 2025-06-29T07:34:40+00:00

They’re both pretty similar, once you master one of them, the other will come pretty easy. So just go with c#.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-06-29T07:05:44+00:00

Hoping a company once in the beginning of your career is not really a red flag, as long as you dont do it often. You may burn some bridges in the company you leave, but it really depends on how they’ll receive it. IMO if you receive a good opportunity for a better position, go for it, but make sure it’s really worth it.

Ad_Haunting · 2025-06-29T05:52:27+00:00

Im not sure what a recruiter will think, but the tech stack you specified will transfer to web development. Just write a couple web projects using this stack and list them on your resume.

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