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Décrire la vue et la position de Microsoft sur la marché et vis-à-vis de la concurrence, points forts et faibles des solutions, comment s'intégrer, quelle est le parcours précédent, pourquoi changer et pourquoi Microsoft, ......
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Principal Architect

Interviewed at Microsoft

4
Jan 26, 2016

Décrire la vue et la position de Microsoft sur la marché et vis-à-vis de la concurrence, points forts et faibles des solutions, comment s'intégrer, quelle est le parcours précédent, pourquoi changer et pourquoi Microsoft, ......

The interviewer appeared Technical Architect and relied on general scenario based questions which were either deliberately tried to muffled or he was handicapped in articulation . While replying , I tested him by also specifying how its done in my technology and was caught when he misunderstood/confused terms for 'configuration' , constructs , IDE etc used in the COTS product. My fault was that I lost my patience and became loud-mouthed and sarcastic , even started cross-questioning. While I don't blame the interviewer , I think HR/Management should at least be transparent with senior people when all other companies are upfront and candid about normal queries.
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Senior Solutions Architect

Interviewed at Tech Mahindra

3.4
Jan 16, 2016

The interviewer appeared Technical Architect and relied on general scenario based questions which were either deliberately tried to muffled or he was handicapped in articulation . While replying , I tested him by also specifying how its done in my technology and was caught when he misunderstood/confused terms for 'configuration' , constructs , IDE etc used in the COTS product. My fault was that I lost my patience and became loud-mouthed and sarcastic , even started cross-questioning. While I don't blame the interviewer , I think HR/Management should at least be transparent with senior people when all other companies are upfront and candid about normal queries.

Even though I applied for "Senior Solutions Architect " , I was interviewed for a COTS product I specialized in .This was an expectation set and agreed during HR interactions. The interviewer appeared Technical Architect and relied on general scenario based questions which were either deliberately muffled or there was a severe a handicap in articulation . While replying , I tested him by also specifying how its done in my technology and he was caught when he misunderstood/confused terms for 'configuration' , constructs , IDE etc used in the COTS product. My fault was that I lost my patience and became loud-mouthed and sarcastic , even started cross-questioning. While I don't blame the interviewer , I think HR/Management should at least be transparent with senior people when all other companies are upfront and candid about normal queries.
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Senior Solutions Architect

Interviewed at Tech Mahindra

3.4
Jan 16, 2016

Even though I applied for "Senior Solutions Architect " , I was interviewed for a COTS product I specialized in .This was an expectation set and agreed during HR interactions. The interviewer appeared Technical Architect and relied on general scenario based questions which were either deliberately muffled or there was a severe a handicap in articulation . While replying , I tested him by also specifying how its done in my technology and he was caught when he misunderstood/confused terms for 'configuration' , constructs , IDE etc used in the COTS product. My fault was that I lost my patience and became loud-mouthed and sarcastic , even started cross-questioning. While I don't blame the interviewer , I think HR/Management should at least be transparent with senior people when all other companies are upfront and candid about normal queries.

First Round. 1. What is fill factor in sql server ? 2. What does UPDATE STATISTICS command do ? 3. What is a page in sql server ? 4. Difference b/w Clustered & Non-Clustered indexes? With pros & cons. 5. What is the difference b/w scale-up & scale-out option? 6.Given a limited time frame describe some steps at each layer for scaling the web application? 7. Some questions about the project like some security concerns, how to improve authentication etc. 8. Questions relating to updating the delta feed using the full feed only b/w two similar DB's. 9. What is TempDB? 10. If there are two websites one for desktop & other for mobile and you need to create a service which interacts with both. Then how will you implement the service? 11. Which one is better WCF or REST? Why? Give some scenarios as suitable? Second Round 1. Explain the terms & your experience in Software Engg., Coding & Scalability? 2. What is your expertise? I said mobile development. 3. Why do you observe more traffic on mobile site as compared to desktop or apps? (Target audience for non-metro cities) 4. Where did you use RedisDB in the application? (Related to my project)
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.NET Technical Architect

Interviewed at Microsoft

4
Feb 27, 2016

First Round. 1. What is fill factor in sql server ? 2. What does UPDATE STATISTICS command do ? 3. What is a page in sql server ? 4. Difference b/w Clustered & Non-Clustered indexes? With pros & cons. 5. What is the difference b/w scale-up & scale-out option? 6.Given a limited time frame describe some steps at each layer for scaling the web application? 7. Some questions about the project like some security concerns, how to improve authentication etc. 8. Questions relating to updating the delta feed using the full feed only b/w two similar DB's. 9. What is TempDB? 10. If there are two websites one for desktop & other for mobile and you need to create a service which interacts with both. Then how will you implement the service? 11. Which one is better WCF or REST? Why? Give some scenarios as suitable? Second Round 1. Explain the terms & your experience in Software Engg., Coding & Scalability? 2. What is your expertise? I said mobile development. 3. Why do you observe more traffic on mobile site as compared to desktop or apps? (Target audience for non-metro cities) 4. Where did you use RedisDB in the application? (Related to my project)

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