What should a programmer (java) with a bachelor's degree do to get into Microsoft?

The official website of Microsoft said, "We are looking for creative and pioneering talents to join the team, and our interview procedure is specially designed to attract such talents."

Sounds simple. But countless Harvard doctors and MIT elites who were rejected by Microsoft will tell you how "BT" Microsoft's interview questions are. These problems, called "devil's problems", are varied and ubiquitous.

How high IQ and complete logical thinking do candidates need to impress Bill Gates and join his luxurious office building?

Recently, William Pound, an American writer, wrote a new book, How to Move Mount Fuji-Microsoft Interview Problem, which revealed the true face of the "Microsoft Problem".

It's no use being smart.

Microsoft's recruitment mailbox receives 6.5438+0.2 million resumes every month. If printed on A4 paper, it can be piled higher than Yao Ming.

However, people in Microsoft HR are not worried about working overtime. They have a more efficient "secret weapon" than manual screening-computer search. Every electronic resume submitted to Microsoft in accordance with the specifications will be searched for keywords through a specific program and then entered into the database. The computer "thinks" a promising resume, and HR gives the candidate a chance to answer the phone.

After two rounds of selection, the winner can get a round-trip ticket to Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Clean up your brain and get ready for a very difficult marathon interview by an interviewer with his eyes above the top all day!

"Why are the ends of beer cans recessed?"

"How do you M & amp； M & amp； Chocolate lady? "

"What is the total weight of all college students in Chicago?"

Don't frown when you hear these questions. They are the most typical and pediatric "one-star question bank" for Microsoft interviews. If you fail this test, let alone Microsoft, other computer companies in Silicon Valley will not "accept" you.

In fact, as early as 20 years ago, when Microsoft was not pioneering and Silicon Valley was still fighting for hegemony, it began to be popular to use these "nonsense" questions for recruitment. Due to the rapid changes and innovations in the computer industry, many enterprises find that testing the IQ of candidates is far from enough. Employees with high IQ scores tend to be smart-headed and love to talk but not do.

As a result, bosses began to look for recruitment topics that can examine "all-round problem-solving ability" and "read" the "index" of candidates' logical thinking ability, imagination and problem-solving ability. These are the ancestors of "strange questions".

Design a bathroom for Bill.

Nowadays, under the impetus of "Big Mac" Microsoft, there are fewer and fewer such questions.

Let's take a look at Bill Gates' favorite question recently-designing a bathroom for him.

Very whimsical? You can answer at will. If you think so, you can't pass the Microsoft interview! Through careful analysis of the questions, candidates can get two keys to answering questions-one is to consider the bathroom design scheme that conforms to Bill Gates' identity, occupation and personality; The second is to put forward at least some design ideas that Bill Gates appreciates but never thought of himself. Why else would Bill Gates hire you to design his bathroom?

The rational design concept accepted by Microsoft was born.

Intelligent medicine cabinet with automatic locking: used to store family medicines, so that children who are not accompanied by adults can get timely treatment in case of accidents.

Automatic notepad: I had a whim in the bathroom, but I can't use PDA because my hands are wet. Well, maybe Bill Gates needs a speech recognition device. When he speaks a code such as "Bill's Memo", the device can record the information and automatically send it to an email address for easy access at any time.

Asymmetric mirror: a video screen is installed behind the mirror, and the screen is connected with the hidden cameras around. In this way, standing in front of the mirror, you can easily see your back and silhouette, whether it is dressing up, cutting your hair or squeezing out the acne behind you, it is much more convenient.

"Action in the face of uncertainty" rather than "imagination" is the real purpose of Microsoft in designing this exam.

Getting it right doesn't necessarily mean scoring.

What is even more maddening is that sometimes, even if the examinee gives the correct answer to the question, he still can't score.

For example, "How many points are there on the earth? You walk one kilometer south, then one kilometer east, then 1 kilometer north, and then you return to your starting point. "

First of all, you think, isn't this a square with one side missing? It is impossible to go back to the starting point!

Then, I quickly thought of that special place "Pole"-from the North Pole, all directions are the South. So start from the North Pole, walk one kilometer in three directions, and return to the pole. So you're glad you found the answer, and it's the only answer. Because such a thing can't happen in the Antarctic, and the Antarctic can't go further south.

The examiner deadpanned and approved a "jiaozi" on your answer sheet. You and your friend who answered "There is no such thing" are in the same camp called "elimination".

The key to the answer lies in the Antarctic.

Suppose you stand a little more than a kilometer away from the South Pole and walk to the South Pole. I walked one kilometer south, but I haven't reached the South Pole yet, but it's very close. So you continue to go east, because it is too close to the South Pole, and you find that the route that you have been going east forms a circle with the center of the south pole and parallel to the equator, and its circumference is exactly one kilometer. In this way, you are back to the beginning of the circle. After a kilometer to the north, it returned to the original point. In this way, the number of questions answered has increased to countless.

Is it over? No, you can add some points. For example, the circumference of a circle is exactly 1/2km, 1/4km, 1/8km. ......

Only those who answer the latter two answers are eligible to be left by Microsoft.