Hi, my name is Matthew Shoop and I’m a technical recruiter for Volt in Redmond, WA. Click on the Run arrow below to hear me describe a Web Developer position. You can reach me at mshoop@volt.com Team: (more…)
Add comment July 19th, 2008
Basic SQL knowledge is required for just about every technical position at Microsoft. One of the more common SQL-related interview questions runs along the lines of, “What is a SQL self-join?” This question usually comes at you right after you’ve been asked about inner and outer joins. Hiring managers like the self-join question because self-join are rare in practice. If you know about self-joins, the hiring manager gets (more…)
Add comment July 18th, 2008
The field of software engineering is still very young, and is developing faster than any other field I can think of. This means that there are new programming languages, technologies, and techniques being developed constantly. If you intend to work for a technology company like Microsoft or Google, you must continuously update your technical skills. By continuously, I really mean you should spend part of every week learning something new, otherwise you will be rendered obsolete in the job market very quickly. Yesterday I was teaching a class on “Introduction to SQL Server 2008″ to some Volt engineers who work at Microsoft. (See http://www.vteOnline.com for information about Volt training classes). SQL Server hasn’t even been released yet so why learn it now? At Microsoft, (more…)
Add comment July 13th, 2008
A very, very, common interview question for most technical positions (developer, tester, manager, etc.) at companies like Microsoft and Google, runs something like, “How would you test a (blank)?” For example, “How would you test a vending machine?” Or, after you’d written a function in the interview, “OK, (more…)
Add comment July 5th, 2008
Hello, my name is Lesli Sager and I am a technical recruiter with Volt in Bothell, Washington. Please click on the Run arrow below to hear me describe a position for a Programming Writer 2. You can reach me at Lsager@volt.com. (more…)
Add comment July 1st, 2008
Hi, my name is Rahat Nishat and I’m a technical recruiter for Volt in Redmond, WA. Click on the Run arrow below to hear about a position for a C# Developer with backend SQL experience. You can contact me at rnishat@volt.com. (more…)
Add comment June 30th, 2008
I heard a pretty cool interview question at Microsoft last week. I think it is an excellent interview question for technical positions because it reveals a huge amount of information about the interviewee’s technical ability. The interview question is a linked list question. These questions are extremely common in interviews at technical companies like Microsoft and Google because they are simple enough to be stated easily, complex enough to (more…)
1 comment June 29th, 2008
Hi, my name is Michelle Rutherford and I’m a technical recruiter for Volt in Redmond, WA. Please click on the Run arrow below to hear me describe a position for a Software Localization Engineer. You can contact me at mrutherford@volt.com. (more…)
Add comment June 23rd, 2008
I was talking to a good friend of mine the other day. He’s a very senior developer at Microsoft. He told me an interesting story about three guys he interviewed for a job opening. He gave all three guys the same question. I don’t want to give away the exact question because you might be sitting in his office some day, so let me give you a similar problem for the sake of the story. “Suppose you have a doubly-linked list. Reverse (more…)
Add comment June 21st, 2008
Hi, my name is Scott Sannes and I’m a technical recruiter for Volt in Redmond, WA. Click on the Run arrow below to hear me describe a .NET Developer position. You can reach me at ssannes@volt.com. (more…)
Add comment June 16th, 2008
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