Dinner with Microsoft at Nighttown
I just got back from a great dinner with two Microsoft employees who took us out to dinner at Nighttown. Both of them were Case alumnii who worked in software engineering - one in test, and the other in development. They brought myself, Chris Parker, Rob Klayman, Samer Karim, and a graduate student named Siva that I had not met before. We spent the evening talking about Microsoft and bouncing questions back and forth. I feel made a really good impression - both in terms of technical knowledge and personable skills.
The food was really good. I had the “Dublin Lawyer” - the house speciality of lobster meat sauteed in a mild cayenne butter with mushrooms, scallions, Irish Whiskey and cream. I was pretty impressed. It was excellent. What I appreciated most about the place was that they had a live pianist playing some jazz music. The atmosphere put me at ease.
I’m going to fire off a couple resumes tonight and go to the career fair tomorrow. The two Microsoft employees I met tonight will be running the booth tomorrow and that should give me a chance to thank them again for a great evening.
It looks like I’ll be spending Friday night at Borders studying coding questinos. Microsoft interviews are notorious for being some of the toughest in the industry and I want to look good.