On the Microsoft interview, but mostly my hatred for typos
With a stroke of luck (oh no, it wasn’t my abundance of skill at, you know, whatever I do), I managed to score an interview with Microsoft. While it was fairly stressful — after all, times when you really want something badly are when you get stressed out the most — it was more fun than anything.
The questions were fairly interesting and included things like “describe your most difficult technical problem” and “design a table using Microsoft Surface” — but I must say, the most gut-wrenching part of the whole thing was finding the room I was to be interviewed in.
You see, the email confirmation I received stated I’d be in Cory 553. I’ve spent plenty of time in Cory, but never on the 5th floor. Let me describe Cory Hall to you. Floors B-4: horrible, installation-interior, as if it came out of a badly-textured FPS. Floor 5: amazing, modern, museum-like, and full of neon lights and refined walls.
I was surprised by the coolness of the 5th floor, but I was more surprised at the fact that Cory 553 was non-existent. After spending ten minutes frantically pacing around the “Star Wars the Ride” halls of the fifth floor, I finally learned that “Cory 553″ was a typo, and the interview was actually to take place in Cory 533.
Moments later I sat, waited, interviewed, and left. With a new found discovery of Cory fifth floor and a reminder of my long time, dire hatred for typos.
I also hate typos.
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