Onsite interview @ google - second round

It went perfectly.

I have practised for first question, quite simple...
Second question is new to me, but i finished quickly with few hints.
I have seen third question, but didnt think it through. I found out a solution quickly, and i thought the algorithm was not perfect, but after communited with interviewer, he said it was the best way.
Then i was told.... there's no question left, seemed i did it too fast :D. After a few self-introduction, he came up with another question about binary-tree, and i worked out quickly again... I dont know why those question are so simple, I feel like having passed this round.

Though still not expecting a google's offer, i have more confidence now, :D

Onsite interview @ google - first round

Google hr is really working high effectively. i was informed to first round interview 3 hours after paper test, and informed just now again, to second round interview.

The interview i took this afternoon didnt goes very well, i thought, the 2 question was not hard, but there are problems write program on paper. There were unavoidable mistakes i made, although i gave me thoughts quickly. I didnt feel quite well when i left the building. I ran into one of my labmates, who was aslo taking an interview.

Accidently, i came across him again at about 18:40, and he told me he has been informed to take the next round interview tomorrow. I became sad, and thought had been rejected :(, until got my phonecall at about 20:00. I thought too much about being rejected, is it becuase of background match? or too many mistakes i made? or .... My english sucks, i cant express emotion precisely :(

That's all for today, I am happy, and more confident, and expecting to pass tomorrow's test now.

paper test @ google

The call I got at 13:00 really shocked me, I thought it was from Baidu, but it turned out to be google, where i applied just 18 hours ago.

I was told the test began at 14:40, but it didnt until 15:30, I dont know how they are planning this. The test was not hard, but i didnt finish them :(. The first question was easy, but a little bit complicated, just a little, but i spend too much time on it, and i heard there was only 9 minutes left before wrote anything down for question 2. So i wrote my thoughts briefly and quickly... maybe becuase the first was too easy, i didnt get excited enough, and i, again, spent too much time on details, sign...

While in google, some of the testees got calls from hr of other company and made appointments, and i also met a guy who got interviewed in MSRA from 10:00 to 19:00... I will be quite busy in next month.

Somehow feel terrible..

While browing Algorithm board on smth, I saw a post about some problems, with title 'some old problems...'. Those are from CLRS, I tried to solve, but could do only half of them, and I dont know if my answers are correct... :( So I stated to wonder if I am qualified for MS, or Google, or other great companies, if I can pass the interview....

Applied for Google last night. The classroom which has 300 seats was filled with about 500 people, so I handed my resume and left. Interestingly, there was a blank where you should write down your most creative project, i finished that part quickly, lucky to have that prepared.

Still no response from Baidu, should not expect anything....

Here's another idea

I'm seeking for a job now, so why not write everything down here.

I'm kind of tired of writing blog, so i didnt do that often recently, while i did a lot about one year ago.Changing from space to baidu may be one of the reasons, i really dont get excited about the interface of baidu, it's fast, but simplicity and a little crudeness doesnt seem atrractive to me. This place is great, no fantastic effects, also simple, but comfortbale. So it's all new, blog site and language, and i feel like writing again.

Ok, about jobs, first step, resume.

I'm still not sure about pronounciation of resume, is it ri-SUM or rese-MEI, the latter one seems to be correct, i remembered Pheobe said that in , and it seems like a French word. It took me about 2 weeks to make my resume, most of time was spent on project expereinces part, it must be very important to me, so i wrote and edited several times, and it's stil not perfect but almost, so i printed 20 copies, and submit on Internet for application. A lot thanks to SYX, who helped me with the English version, i dont want to write his full name cause i dont want to be discovered by a serach engine. Many of SYX's fans search his name on search engine for digging every detail of their star.

I applied for SDE position in MSRA on 9.24. MS has always been my dreaming work place since i was in high school, which is about 7 years ago. I read a book named "Follow the Intelligence", which introduces people worked at MSRA and Kaifu Lee, leader of MSRA. I was totally shocked, i was envy of how clever they are and how passionate they are, and i love the feeling when a job's done, one could say to another proudly, 'that's my baby'. This should not be an ad for MS, but i do like that place, and my feeling was enhanced last night after attending Microsoft Campus Recruiting Talk last night. I submitted on 9.24 to avoid attending first round paper-test, which was held on 9.22, I dont think I'm ready, although I dont even think so now, but I'm going to attend the second round test, which will be held on 10.16. Too many words here, hehe, just want to join MS too much.

The other company I have appied for is Baidu, which is NO. 1 Chinese Search Engine currently. The no-constrain-about-worktime seems attractive to me, and the company is going up and ... poor me, dont know how to describe it, just wanna say Baidu has a bright future. The application date is also 9.24, and i also ask my classmate to recommended for me to skip paper-test.

Since now, I dont have any response except confirmation letter, and I dont expect any before National Day.

Ok, i'm on the way, wish me luck!

This is interesting

For some reason, this blog cant be accessed from China mainland, even by myself, however, i can post and i can preview my post, cause the url used now is *.blogger.com, but for viewers, you have to visit through *.blogspot.com, which might be blocked by some kind of firewall.

So, very few of people who know me can see this page, and i can talk even most freely, like 'I hate my boss!', which i'm not by the way, or 'I have my workmate!', which sometimes it does happen, and just using my poor english, not being embarrased.

......

just register in advance

maybe some day i will use it

i love the default fonttype here, and i love the auto-save-draft function, just like what gmail provides

hia~~