Yup, intervied at Microsoft as a project manager and at Apple as an Server Engineer. I know for a fact that one of the microsoft interviewers cost me the job. He could not formulate a question to ask me in 45 mins. Drove me nuts afterwards.
Microsoft
odd thinking questions on phone interview
some cool design questions in person
extra day to muck around in seattle!
lunch was an interview, not cool
interviewed by about four people, one on one in their office.
Apple
stayed at a nice place near the mother ship
lunch with one of the managers, very cool dude
one room, where a total of three people interviewed me
Does everthing under gods green earth need publically accesable IP's? Better routing would fix that. shiesh.
with my wife and six month old daughter. That and trying to find work/stating positive about life.
Its working out rather well.
that the iPod can recharge its batteries over firewire...
in under an hour.
I really do not think a USB2 device can do that.
Microsoft
- odd thinking questions on phone interview
- some cool design questions in person
- extra day to muck around in seattle!
- lunch was an interview, not cool
- interviewed by about four people, one on one in their office.
Apple