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The Microsoft Interview Process – Videos, Articles and Material

VIDEO WITH MICROSOFT RECRUITERS PART 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=18472 PART 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=18718 PART 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=19171 BOOKS ABOUT THE INTERVIEW PROCESS How Would Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:32 PM by Roberto Farah | 1 Comments
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If I Only Could Change the Interview Process

I think Microsoft has one of the best interview processes of any major corporation around. There are other companies that use a similar approach; others, I know, use a very different approach. Despite the fact that I like our interview process, a colleague Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:59 AM by Roberto Farah | 10 Comments
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Who Is More Creative?

Not so long ago I had an interesting Messenger conversation with a great friend of mine that is a developer lead for one of the three top game companies. All started when he was telling me about the skills he was looking for to hire new developers. We Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 10, 2008 3:28 AM by Roberto Farah | 6 Comments
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Tools for Troubleshooting Applications (including SharePoint)

Let me share with you some public tools I’ve been using when working with applications and SharePoint cases. These are the tools I use before trying a hardcore approach like attaching the debugger to the application or collecting dumps to do a post-mortem Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:48 PM by Roberto Farah | 3 Comments

Troubleshooting Software Problems: A Scientific Approach

Years ago, when working for an Escalation Team, we decided to create a documentation to formalize the approach we use to isolate software problems, something I've been doing for years since the time I read a great book about the subject. Actually, it’s Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 8:18 AM by Roberto Farah | 5 Comments
 
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