Ten-Hour "Wheel wars"

There are enough technical experts to tell you the story about the complicated technical problems that Microsoft engineers will face when they join Microsoft. Here I will share with you my own experiences in joining Microsoft.

The typical interview that the project manager encountered when applying for the job: when I was working in Motorola eight years ago, Microsoft's Personnel Department sent me an "headhunting invitation ", I bought a ticket for me. The day before the interview, I flew from the southern city of Atlanta where I lived to the Seattle in the northwest corner of the United States. Early the next morning, I arrived at Microsoft's Personnel Department to report. The people in the personnel department told me to pour out a cup of coffee and pick me up. You need to stay awake all day today. I didn't care about her at the time. I thought it was just a joke. The results of the interview on that day started at a.m. and ended at a.m.. the "Wheel wars" lasted for ten hours ". People from one department and another department take turns to ask me questions. After a question is answered, send me to the office of the person who asked the question to continue. One person took me to the next person after the interview. He told me to wait outside the door and said that he had to go in and say a few words. I heard him say to the next person who will interview me: "Make sure you put him through the same grinder as the other two last week)! Because I applied for a position as a project manager, they did not ask me many questions about program writing, but asked me a lot of questions that seem unrelated to software development and are somewhat inexplicable: "Please design a remote control for me to control multimedia audio equipment"; "If your task is to produce a stapler, how do you plan? "; "Now, please design a spice Bottle Shelf dedicated for blind people to use ". In fact, through this type of problem, whether you can fully consider the product design issues, take care of the various needs of users, analyze the product manufacturing costs, whether you understand the product use interface and Availability design, etc. the quality and skills of the design manager, these questions and answers are all exposed. This well-designed problem can help a manager or supervisor who needs to hire someone to identify the candidate's ideas, skills, and qualities in these areas. During the answer process, the interviewer continuously raised questions and asked questions about the answers made by the applicant. After such an interview like a day of "Wheel wars", you know the need for refreshing a cup of coffee. It's not a joke. As a project manager, how do you deal with such interview questions? The answer is: first, you should try to relax yourself and avoid being overly nervous, the most important thing is that you must keep your mind calm and awake, and keep your own logic thinking abilities out of these problems. Once you are too nervous, it is difficult to keep a clear logical thinking. We usually call this state of mind be yourself, which means we should try our best to keep our original state and maintain our psychology that truly reflects your quality; second, remember that this type of question often does not have a unique and correct answer. The questioner cares more about whether the problem can be intimidated, and maintains the correct logic and meticulous thinking methods required to solve the problem; the third project manager is responsible for the product design and development process, so he knows the most basic project management knowledge (you can get it from reading this type of books) and how to combine with your past work to describe your experience and how to transform customer needs into product design, the answer to these questions is important to help the interviewer determine and recognize your abilities in this area.
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