{"id":753,"date":"2013-06-23T21:15:03","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T14:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/science-technology.vn\/?p=753"},"modified":"2013-06-23T21:15:03","modified_gmt":"2013-06-23T14:15:03","slug":"chia-se-kinh-nghiem-phong-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science-technology.vn\/?p=753","title":{"rendered":"Chia s\u1ebb kinh nghi\u1ec7m ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n"},"content":{"rendered":"

Th\u01b0a gi\u00e1o s\u01b0,<\/span><\/p>\n

Em bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng th\u1ea7y bao gi\u1edd c\u0169ng y\u00eau c\u1ea7u ng\u01b0\u1eddi t\u1ed1t nghi\u1ec7p \u0111ang \u0111i l\u00e0m chia s\u1ebb kinh nghi\u1ec7m v\u1edbi sinh vi\u00ean c\u00f2n trong tr\u01b0\u1eddng. Khi em h\u1ecdc l\u1edbp c\u1ee7a th\u1ea7y, em \u0111\u00e3 nh\u1eadn \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c email nhi\u1ec1u email t\u1eeb c\u00e1c c\u1ef1u sinh vi\u00ean chia s\u1ebb kinh nghi\u1ec7m c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd cho n\u00ean em mu\u1ed1n chia s\u1ebb kinh nghi\u1ec7m c\u1ee7a em.<\/p>\n

Nh\u01b0 nhi\u1ec1u sinh vi\u00ean t\u1eeb Trung Qu\u1ed1c t\u00f4i v\u00e0o CMU v\u1edbi ham mu\u1ed1n h\u1ecdc nhi\u1ec1u nh\u1ea5t c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c t\u1eeb m\u1ed9t trong nh\u1eefng tr\u01b0\u1eddng c\u00f4ng ngh\u1ec7 t\u1ed1t nh\u1ea5t. B\u00ean c\u1ea1nh tri th\u1ee9c c\u00f4ng ngh\u1ec7 m\u00e0 t\u00f4i h\u1ecdc \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c, t\u00f4i c\u0169ng h\u1ecdc \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c v\u1ec1 t\u00ecnh b\u1ea1n, quan h\u1ec7, v\u00e0 \u0111\u1eb7c bi\u1ec7t nh\u1eefng l\u1eddi khuy\u00ean gi\u00e1 tr\u1ecb t\u1eeb th\u1ea7y. Sau khi t\u1ed1t nghi\u1ec7p, ph\u1ea7n l\u1edbn b\u1ea1n b\u00e8 t\u00f4i \u1edf l\u1ea1i M\u0129 v\u00e0 ki\u1ebfm vi\u1ec7c t\u1ea1i c\u00e1c c\u00f4ng ti nh\u01b0 Google, Microsoft, Oracle v\u00e0 IBM nh\u01b0ng t\u00f4i tr\u1edf v\u1ec1 Trung Qu\u1ed1c v\u00ec t\u00f4i ph\u1ea3i ch\u0103m nom cho b\u1ed1 m\u1eb9 gi\u00e0. T\u00f4i l\u00e0 con trai duy nh\u1ea5t v\u00e0 t\u00f4i mu\u1ed1n d\u00e0nh th\u1eddi gian s\u1ed1ng c\u00f9ng h\u1ecd sau b\u1ed1n n\u0103m \u0111i h\u1ecdc xa \u1edf M\u0129. V\u1edbi b\u1eb1ng t\u1eeb CMU, t\u00f4i ki\u1ebfm \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m t\u1ed1t v\u1edbi m\u1ed9t c\u00f4ng ti ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m h\u00e0ng \u0111\u1ea7u \u1edf B\u1eafc Kinh. K\u1ec3 t\u1eeb \u0111\u00f3, t\u00f4i nghe b\u1ea1n b\u00e8 l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c \u1edf M\u0129 n\u00f3i v\u1ec1 nh\u1eefng c\u00f4ng ti ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m h\u00e0ng \u0111\u1ea7u \u0111\u00f3 v\u1eadn h\u00e0nh; h\u1ecd \u0111\u1ed1i x\u1eed t\u1ed1t l\u00e0m sao v\u1edbi c\u00f4ng nh\u00e2n; ng\u01b0\u1eddi ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c v\u1edbi nhau th\u1ebf n\u00e0o v\u00e0 h\u1ecdc l\u1eabn nhau; ti\u1ec7n nghi c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd t\u1ed1t l\u00e0m sao; \u0111\u1eb7c bi\u1ec7t h\u1ecd \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c cho th\u1eddi gian \u0111\u1ec3 ph\u00e1t ki\u1ebfn v\u00e0 s\u00e1ng t\u1ea1o \u00fd t\u01b0\u1edfng m\u1edbi v.v. T\u00f4i c\u00e0ng nghe n\u00f3i v\u1ec1 n\u00f3, t\u00f4i c\u00e0ng \u01b0\u1edbc ao r\u1eb1ng t\u00f4i c\u00f3 c\u01a1 h\u1ed9i nh\u01b0 h\u1ecd.<\/p>\n

L\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c cho c\u00f4ng ti ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m h\u00e0ng \u0111\u1ea7u \u1edf Trung Qu\u1ed1c, t\u00f4i bao gi\u1edd c\u0169ng t\u1eadn h\u01b0\u1edfng c\u00f4ng vi\u1ec7c c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh nh\u01b0ng c\u00e1ch c\u00f4ng ti v\u1eadn h\u00e0nh l\u00e0 r\u1ea5t kh\u00e1c v\u1edbi c\u00f4ng ti M\u0129. Nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n ph\u1ea3i l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c nhi\u1ec1u gi\u1edd v\u00e0 tu\u00e2n theo ch\u1ec9 \u0111\u1ea1o n\u00e0o \u0111\u00f3 v\u00ec m\u1ecdi s\u1ef1 \u0111\u1ec1u \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c d\u1eabn l\u00e1i b\u1edfi doanh nghi\u1ec7p, vi\u1ec7c h\u1ecdc nh\u1eefng th\u1ee9 m\u1edbi hay ph\u00e1t ki\u1ebfn \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c coi l\u00e0 nh\u1eefng \u0111i\u1ec1u xa hoa m\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 \u0111\u1ea3m \u0111\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c. Th\u00e1ng tr\u01b0\u1edbc, t\u00f4i nh\u1eadn \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c \u0111i\u1ec7n tho\u1ea1i t\u1eeb m\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea1n l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c cho Microsoft. Anh \u1ea5y b\u1ea3o t\u00f4i r\u1eb1ng do thi\u1ebfu h\u1ee5t nghi\u00eam tr\u1ecdng ng\u01b0\u1eddi c\u00f3 k\u0129 n\u0103ng, Microsoft b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u thu\u00ea ng\u01b0\u1eddi ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n t\u1eeb kh\u1eafp th\u1ebf gi\u1edbi v\u00e0 h\u1ecd \u0111ang thu\u00ea ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u1edf B\u1eafc Kinh cho trung t\u00e2m \u0111\u1ecba ph\u01b0\u01a1ng, \u0111\u00e2y l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t tin t\u1ee9c t\u1ed1t l\u00e0nh cho t\u00f4i.<\/p>\n

Sau \u0111\u00e2y l\u00e0 kinh nghi\u1ec7m ri\u00eang c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i v\u1ec1 ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n v\u1edbi c\u00f4ng ti ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m n\u00e0y. T\u00f4i kh\u00f4ng bi\u1ebft li\u1ec7u kinh nghi\u1ec7m c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i c\u00f3 kh\u00e1c g\u00ec v\u1edbi ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c kh\u00f4ng nh\u01b0ng t\u00f4i hi v\u1ecdng n\u00f3 c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 gi\u00fap m\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 ng\u01b0\u1eddi trong c\u00e1c b\u1ea1n, nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi mu\u1ed1n l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c cho Microsoft. T\u00f4i tin r\u1eb1ng b\u1eb1ng c\u1ea5p CMU c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i v\u00e0 kinh nghi\u1ec7m l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c th\u1ef1c s\u1ef1 c\u00f3 \u00edch v\u00ec trong v\u00e0i ng\u00e0y, t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 nh\u1eadn \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c \u0111i\u1ec7n tho\u1ea1i t\u1eeb Microsoft cho cu\u1ed9c ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n qua \u0111i\u1ec7n tho\u1ea1i. V\u1ec1 sau t\u00f4i th\u1ea5y r\u1eb1ng \u0111\u00e3 c\u00f3 h\u00e0ng ngh\u00ecn ng\u01b0\u1eddi xin v\u00e0o vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m n\u00e0y nh\u01b0ng h\u1ecd ch\u1ecdn qu\u00e3ng m\u1ed9t tr\u0103m ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u1ec3 ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n.<\/p>\n

V\u1edbi cu\u1ed9c ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ea7u ti\u00ean m\u00e0 Microsoft g\u1ecdi l\u00e0 \u201cPh\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n kh\u1ea3o s\u00e1t,\u201d ch\u00fang t\u00f4i d\u00f9ng Skype \u0111\u1ec3 n\u00f3i chuy\u1ec7n v\u1edbi ba ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u1edf M\u0129. H\u1ecd b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u b\u1eb1ng vi\u1ec7c ki\u1ec3m \u0111i\u1ec3m b\u1ea3n l\u00ed l\u1ecbch c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i v\u00e0 h\u1ecfi t\u00f4i v\u1ec1 gi\u00e1o d\u1ee5c c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i, d\u1ef1 \u00e1n capstone c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i t\u1ea1i CMU, v\u00e0 d\u1ef1 \u00e1n hi\u1ec7n th\u1eddi c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i. Sau qu\u00e3ng hai m\u01b0\u01a1i ph\u00fat, h\u1ecd cho t\u00f4i m\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 \u0111\u1ec3 gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft. V\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 l\u00e0 \u0111\u01a1n gi\u1ea3n (ch\u00fang l\u00e0 v\u1ec1 danh s\u00e1ch c\u00f3 m\u00f3c n\u1ed1i v\u00e0 c\u00e2y nh\u1ecb ph\u00e2n) v\u00e0 t\u00f4i ch\u1eb3ng c\u00f3 v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 g\u00ec v\u1edbi c\u00e2u tr\u1ea3 l\u1eddi. Sau \u0111\u00f3, h\u1ecd chuy\u1ec3n sang kh\u00e1i ni\u1ec7m l\u1eadp tr\u00ecnh v\u00e0 h\u1ecfi t\u00f4i nhi\u1ec1u c\u00e2u h\u1ecfi v\u1ec1 thi\u1ebft k\u1ebf h\u01b0\u1edbng \u0111\u1ed1i t\u01b0\u1ee3ng m\u00e0 theo \u0111\u00f3 t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 tr\u1ea3 l\u1eddi t\u01b0\u01a1ng \u1ee9ng (t\u00f4i ngh\u0129 b\u1ea5t k\u00ec ai \u0111\u00e3 h\u1ecdc khoa h\u1ecdc m\u00e1y t\u00ednh hay k\u0129 ngh\u1ec7 ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m \u0111\u1ec1u ph\u1ea3i c\u00f3 kh\u1ea3 n\u0103ng tr\u1ea3 l\u1eddi \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c nh\u1eefng c\u00e2u h\u1ecfi n\u00e0y). Ch\u00fang t\u00f4i ti\u1ebfp t\u1ee5c tr\u00ean v\u00e0i ch\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ec1 h\u1ea7u h\u1ebft l\u00e0 v\u1ec1 ch\u1ea5t l\u01b0\u1ee3ng ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m. T\u00f4i nh\u1eafc t\u1edbi \u0111\u1eb7c t\u00ednh ch\u1ea5t l\u01b0\u1ee3ng nh\u01b0 t\u00ednh b\u1ea3o tr\u00ec, t\u00ednh \u0111\u1ed5i qui m\u00f4, t\u00ednh hi\u1ec7u n\u0103ng v\u00e0 t\u00ednh an ninh \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 l\u00e0m h\u1ecd ng\u1ea1c nhi\u00ean. V\u1ec1 sau t\u00f4i m\u1edbi bi\u1ebft l\u00e0 ph\u1ea7n l\u1edbn c\u00e1c \u1ee9ng c\u1eed vi\u00ean ch\u1ec9 n\u00f3i t\u1edbi ch\u1ea5t l\u01b0\u1ee3ng ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m l\u00e0 c\u00e1c l\u1ed7i. Khi t\u00f4i gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch cho h\u1ecd v\u1ec1 vi\u1ebft m\u00e3 an ninh, m\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u1ed9t nhi\u00ean d\u1eebng t\u00f4i l\u1ea1i: \u201cAnh c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 t\u1edbi v\u0103n ph\u00f2ng c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang t\u00f4i \u1edf B\u1eafc Kinh tu\u1ea7n t\u1edbi \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c kh\u00f4ng, t\u00f4i mu\u1ed1n anh g\u1eb7p ai \u0111\u00f3.\u201d T\u1ea5t nhi\u00ean, t\u00f4i b\u1ea3o \u00f4ng \u1ea5y r\u1eb1ng t\u00f4i s\u1eb5n c\u00f3 cho ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n th\u00eam. H\u1ecd n\u00f3i r\u1eb1ng h\u1ecd s\u1ebd g\u1eedi cho t\u00f4i chi ti\u1ebft v\u00e0 “ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n kh\u1ea3o s\u00e1t” xong. N\u00f3 k\u00e9o d\u00e0i qu\u00e3ng 45 ph\u00fat nh\u01b0ng d\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 l\u00e0 l\u00e2u h\u01a1n nhi\u1ec1u nh\u01b0ng t\u00f4i r\u1ea5t h\u00e0i l\u00f2ng v\u00ec t\u00f4i ngh\u0129 t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0m t\u1ed1t.<\/p>\n

Cu\u1ed9c ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n ti\u1ebfp x\u1ea3y ra t\u1ea1i v\u0103n ph\u00f2ng c\u1ee7a Microsoft \u1edf B\u1eafc Kinh. Ch\u1ed7 n\u00e0y c\u00f3 b\u1ea7u kh\u00f4ng kh\u00ed kh\u00e1c h\u1eb3n khi so s\u00e1nh v\u1edbi c\u00f4ng ti c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang t\u00f4i. N\u00f3 s\u00e1ng v\u00e0 c\u00f3 nhi\u1ec1u tranh, m\u1ed9t chi\u1ebfc b\u00e0n nh\u1ecf v\u1edbi \u1ea5m c\u00e0 ph\u00ea v\u00e0 nhi\u1ec1u \u0111\u1ed3 \u0103n v\u1eb7t. Ng\u01b0\u1eddi l\u1ec5 t\u00e2n m\u1eddi t\u00f4i c\u00e0 ph\u00ea nh\u01b0ng t\u00f4i t\u1eeb ch\u1ed1i. Sau khi \u0111\u1ee3i qu\u00e3ng 15 ph\u00fat, t\u00f4i \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c m\u1eddi v\u00e0o m\u1ed9t ph\u00f2ng nh\u1ecf v\u1edbi chi\u1ebfc b\u1ea3ng tr\u1eafng l\u1edbn.<\/p>\n

Cu\u1ed9c ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n th\u1ee9 nh\u1ea5t \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ti\u1ebfn h\u00e0nh b\u1edfi ba thanh ni\u00ean tr\u1ea1c tu\u1ed5i t\u00f4i. H\u1ecd l\u1ec5 ph\u00e9p nh\u01b0ng d\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 nghi\u00eam ch\u1ec9nh v\u00e0 \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3 l\u00e0m cho t\u00f4i c\u00f3 ch\u00fat \u00edt b\u1ed3n ch\u1ed3n. Hai ng\u01b0\u1eddi trong s\u1ed1 h\u1ecd h\u1ecfi h\u1ea7u h\u1ebft c\u00e1c c\u00e2u h\u1ecfi trong khi ng\u01b0\u1eddi th\u1ee9 ba ghi ch\u00e9p tr\u00ean laptop. T\u00f4i c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y kh\u00f4ng tho\u1ea3i m\u00e1i b\u1edfi v\u00ec ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00f3 g\u00f5 r\u1ea5t nhanh v\u00ec ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00f3 ghi l\u1ea1i m\u1ecdi \u0111i\u1ec1u t\u00f4i n\u00f3i. Cu\u1ed9c ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u v\u1edbi v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 \u1edf ch\u1ed7 t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 vi\u1ebft m\u00e3 tr\u00ean b\u1ea3ng tr\u1eafng. T\u00f4i h\u1ecfi ng\u00f4n ng\u1eef l\u1eadp tr\u00ecnh n\u00e0o m\u00e0 h\u1ecd \u01b0a th\u00edch v\u00e0 h\u1ecd b\u1ea3o t\u00f4i r\u1eb1ng t\u00f4i c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 ch\u1ecdn b\u1ea5t k\u00ec ng\u00f4n ng\u1eef n\u00e0o cho n\u00ean t\u00f4i ch\u1ecdn C++. V\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 l\u00e0 t\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0111\u1ed1i d\u1ec5 v\u00e0 t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0m n\u00f3 v\u1edbi qu\u00e3ng 50 d\u00f2ng m\u00e3. H\u1ecd nh\u00ecn n\u00f3 r\u1ed3i ch\u1ee5p \u1ea3nh \u0111i\u1ec1u t\u00f4i vi\u1ebft tr\u00ean b\u1ea3ng b\u1eb1ng m\u00e1y \u1ea3nh \u0111i\u1ec7n tho\u1ea1i c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd. Nhi\u1ec1u v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 ti\u1ebfp l\u00e0 kh\u00f3 h\u01a1n. M\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 trong ch\u00fang r\u1ea5t th\u00e1ch \u0111\u1ed1 nh\u01b0 c\u00e2u \u0111\u1ed1 m\u00e0 t\u00f4i ph\u1ea3i gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft b\u1eb1ng vi\u1ec7c g\u1eafn c\u00e1c m\u1ea9u l\u1ea1i. C\u00e2u h\u1ecfi cu\u1ed1i c\u00f9ng l\u00e0 v\u1ec1 thi\u1ebft k\u1ebf h\u1ec7 th\u1ed1ng n\u01a1i h\u1ecd mu\u1ed1n t\u00f4i b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u t\u1eeb \u0111\u1ea7u qui tr\u00ecnh ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n v\u1edbi c\u00e1c bi\u1ec3u \u0111\u1ed3 ho\u00e0n c\u1ea3nh, bi\u1ec3u \u0111\u1ed3 thi\u1ebft k\u1ebf, v\u00e0 bi\u1ec3u \u0111\u1ed3 l\u1edbp v\u00e0 gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch cho h\u1ecd c\u00e1ch t\u00f4i \u0111i t\u1edbi logic \u0111\u00f3 tr\u01b0\u1edbc b\u1ea5t k\u00ec vi\u1ec7c vi\u1ebft m\u00e3 n\u00e0o. H\u1ecd th\u00e1ch th\u1ee9c thi\u1ebft k\u1ebf c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i v\u00e0 h\u1ecfi t\u00f4i v\u1ec1 ph\u00e2n t\u00edch b\u00f9 tr\u1eeb. Khi t\u00f4i gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch cho h\u1ecd c\u00e1ch thi\u1ebft k\u1ebf c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c nh\u01b0ng h\u1ecd c\u1ee9 ng\u1eaft l\u1eddi v\u00e0 h\u1ecfi t\u00f4i nhi\u1ec1u c\u00e2u h\u1ecfi v\u1ec1 \u201cC\u00e1i g\u00ec x\u1ea3y ra n\u1ebfu…\u201d T\u00f4i bi\u1ebft \u0111i\u1ec1u h\u1ecd mu\u1ed1n l\u00e0 v\u00e0i gi\u1ea3i ph\u00e1p thay phi\u00ean h\u01a1n l\u00e0 ch\u1ec9 m\u1ed9t gi\u1ea3i ph\u00e1p. T\u00f4i gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch cho h\u1ecd c\u00e1ch t\u00f4i \u0111i t\u1edbi thi\u1ebft k\u1ebf n\u00e0y thay v\u00ec c\u00e1c kh\u00e1c nh\u01b0 t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 c\u00e2n nh\u1eafc ch\u00fang. T\u00f4i gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch v\u1ec1 hi\u1ec7u qu\u1ea3 thi\u1ebft k\u1ebf v\u00e0 hi\u1ec7u n\u0103ng t\u01b0\u01a1ng ph\u1ea3n v\u1edbi c\u00e1c ph\u01b0\u01a1ng \u00e1n kh\u00e1c. H\u1ecd d\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 h\u00e0i l\u00f2ng nh\u01b0ng kh\u00f4ng ai n\u00f3i g\u00ec.\u00a0 Ph\u1ea7n l\u1edbn c\u00e1c v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 n\u00e0y \u0111\u1ec1u c\u00f3 li\u00ean k\u1ebft v\u1edbi c\u1ea5u tr\u00fac d\u1eef li\u1ec7u, s\u1eafp x\u1ebfp, t\u00ecm duy\u1ec7t, nh\u1ecb ph\u00e2n v\u00e0 logic Bayesian. N\u00f3 k\u00e9o d\u00e0i tr\u00ean hai gi\u1edd r\u1ed3i h\u1ecd h\u1ecfi t\u00f4i li\u1ec7u t\u00f4i c\u00f3 mu\u1ed1n n\u00f3i c\u00e1i g\u00ec tr\u01b0\u1edbc khi h\u1ecd r\u1eddi ph\u00f2ng. T\u00f4i c\u00f3 qu\u00e3ng m\u01b0\u1eddi l\u0103m ph\u00fat ngh\u1ec9 gi\u1ea3i lao tr\u01b0\u1edbc phi\u00ean ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n ti\u1ebfp nh\u01b0ng t\u00e2m tr\u00ed t\u00f4i b\u1eadn r\u1ed9n v\u00ec t\u00f4i c\u1ee9 t\u1ef1 h\u1ecfi m\u00ecnh t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0m th\u1ebf n\u00e0o trong cu\u1ed9c ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ea7u.<\/p>\n

Cu\u1ed9c ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n th\u1ee9 hai \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ti\u1ebfn h\u00e0nh b\u1edfi hai ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed, m\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi Trung Qu\u1ed1c v\u00e0 m\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi M\u0129. H\u1ecd r\u1ea5t t\u1ed1t v\u00e0 h\u1ecfi t\u00f4i li\u1ec7u t\u00f4i mu\u1ed1n d\u00f9ng ti\u1ebfng Anh hay ti\u1ebfng Trung Qu\u1ed1c. T\u00f4i tr\u1ea3 l\u1eddi r\u1eb1ng v\u00ec t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 theo d\u1ef1 CMU \u1edf M\u0129 n\u00ean t\u00f4i s\u1ebd d\u00f9ng ti\u1ebfng Anh. \u0110i\u1ec1u n\u00e0y d\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 l\u00e0m h\u00e0i l\u00f2ng c\u1ea3 hai ng\u01b0\u1eddi h\u1ecd. V\u1ec1 sau t\u00f4i bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng cu\u1ed9c \u0111\u1ed1i tho\u1ea1i l\u00e0 \u0111\u1ec3 ki\u1ec3m tra k\u0129 n\u0103ng trao \u0111\u1ed5i c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i v\u00ec n\u1ebfu t\u00f4i \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c thu\u00ea, t\u00f4i s\u1ebd ph\u1ea3i l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c \u1edf c\u1ea3 Trung Qu\u1ed1c v\u00e0 M\u0129. Kh\u00f4ng nh\u01b0 cu\u1ed9c ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n kh\u00e1c m\u00e0 t\u00f4i ph\u1ea3i th\u1ea3o lu\u1eadn v\u1ec1 l\u1eadp tr\u00ecnh, cu\u1ed9c ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n n\u00e0y ph\u1ea7n l\u1edbn l\u00e0 v\u1ec1 tri th\u1ee9c c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i v\u1ec1 v\u00f2ng \u0111\u1eddi ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m, qui tr\u00ecnh, v\u00e0 ph\u01b0\u01a1ng ph\u00e1p. H\u1ecd mu\u1ed1n t\u00f4i m\u00f4 t\u1ea3 chi ti\u1ebft t\u1eebng pha c\u1ee7a v\u00f2ng \u0111\u1eddi ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m, ti\u00eau ch\u00ed v\u00e0o v\u00e0 ra. H\u1ecd c\u0169ng mu\u1ed1n t\u00f4i so s\u00e1nh v\u00e0 l\u00e0m n\u1ed5i b\u1eadt gi\u1eefa c\u00e1c c\u00e1ch ti\u1ebfp c\u1eadn d\u1eabn l\u00e1i theo k\u1ebf ho\u1ea1ch v\u00e0 Agile. D\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 l\u00e0 h\u1ecd quan t\u00e2m t\u1edbi qu\u00e1 tr\u00ecnh suy ngh\u0129 c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i, k\u0129 n\u0103ng ph\u00e2n t\u00edch v\u00e0 gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i. H\u1ecd cho t\u00f4i v\u00e0i k\u1ecbch b\u1ea3n v\u00e0 \u0111\u1ec1 ngh\u1ecb t\u00f4i gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft. K\u1ecbch b\u1ea3n \u0111\u1ea7u ti\u00ean l\u00e0 kh\u00e1 d\u1ec5 nh\u01b0ng sau \u0111\u00f3 h\u1ecd \u0111i s\u00e2u h\u01a1n v\u00e0o v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 nhi\u1ec1u chi ti\u1ebft h\u01a1n, v\u00e0 kh\u00f3 h\u01a1n. Th\u1ec9nh tho\u1ea3ng h\u1ecd cho t\u00f4i m\u1ed9t h\u01b0\u1edbng d\u1eabn n\u00e0o \u0111\u00f3 v\u00ec h\u1ecd kh\u00f4ng mong \u0111\u1ee3i t\u00f4i l\u00e0 ho\u00e0n h\u1ea3o. M\u1eb7c d\u1ea7u h\u1ecd r\u1ea5t t\u1ed1t v\u00e0 ki\u00ean nh\u1eabn, t\u00f4i c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y r\u1ea5t c\u0103ng th\u1eb3ng v\u1ec1 ki\u1ec3u ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n k\u1ecbch b\u1ea3n n\u00e0y. T\u00f4i kh\u00f4ng nh\u1edb m\u1ea5y b\u1edfi v\u00ec c\u00f3 v\u00e0i k\u1ecbch b\u1ea3n ch\u1ee9 kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i m\u1ed9t k\u1ecbch b\u1ea3n m\u1eafc l\u1ea1i trong t\u00e2m tr\u00ed t\u00f4i. \u0110\u00e2y l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t trong nh\u1eefng tr\u01b0\u1eddng h\u1ee3p nghi\u00ean c\u1ee9u m\u00e0 gi\u00e1o s\u01b0 V\u0169 bao gi\u1edd c\u0169ng d\u1ea1y trong m\u00f4n c\u1ee7a th\u1ea7y: \u201cL\u00e0m sao b\u1ea1n nh\u1eadn ra th\u1ea3m ho\u1ea1 d\u1ef1 \u00e1n m\u00e0 m\u1ea5t ho\u00e0n kh\u1ecfi ki\u1ec3m so\u00e1t v\u00e0 l\u00e0m sao b\u1ea1n s\u1eeda \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c n\u00f3.\u201d Khi t\u00f4i gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch t\u1eebng b\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u1ec3 nh\u1eadn di\u1ec7n, ph\u00e2n t\u00edch, t\u00e1i t\u1ed5 ch\u1ee9c v\u00e0 t\u00e1i l\u1eadp k\u1ebf ho\u1ea1ch d\u1ef1 \u00e1n nh\u01b0 t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 h\u1ecdc \u1edf CMU, t\u00f4i c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y r\u1eb1ng h\u1ecd b\u1ecb ng\u1ea1c nhi\u00ean. H\u1ecd nh\u00ecn nhay v\u00e0 c\u1ee9 g\u1eadt g\u1eadt \u0111\u1ea7u. T\u00f4i bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0m t\u1ed1t. Khi t\u00f4i k\u1ebft th\u00fac, m\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed b\u1ea3o t\u00f4i: \u201cD\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 l\u00e0 anh c\u00f3 kinh nghi\u1ec7m trong qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed d\u1ef1 \u00e1n ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m. N\u00f3i cho t\u00f4i v\u1ec1 kinh nghi\u1ec7m qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed d\u1ef1 \u00e1n c\u1ee7a anh.\u201d T\u00f4i gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch cho h\u1ecd v\u1ec1 t\u1ea7m quan tr\u1ecdng c\u1ee7a qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed d\u1ef1 \u00e1n nh\u01b0 “l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c v\u1edbi kh\u00e1ch h\u00e0ng \u0111\u1ec3 thu \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c y\u00eau c\u1ea7u, \u0111\u01b0a th\u00e0nh vi\u00ean t\u1ed5 d\u1ef1 \u00e1n v\u00e0o \u01b0\u1edbc l\u01b0\u1ee3ng v\u00e0 quy\u1ebft t\u00e2m.\u201d H\u1ecd d\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 h\u00e0i l\u00f2ng nh\u01b0ng ch\u1eb3ng n\u00f3i g\u00ec nh\u01b0ng t\u00f4i bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 nh\u1eafm \u0111\u00fang h\u01b0\u1edbng.<\/p>\n

Cu\u1ed9c ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n th\u1ee9 ba x\u1ea3y ra v\u00e0o b\u1eefa tr\u01b0a. M\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed c\u1ea5p cao kh\u00e1c \u0111\u01b0a t\u00f4i t\u1edbi ti\u1ec7m \u0103n c\u1ea1nh \u0111\u00f3. Ch\u00fang t\u00f4i kh\u00f4ng n\u00f3i v\u1ec1 thi\u1ebft k\u1ebf hay vi\u1ebft m\u00e3 m\u00e0 \u0111\u1ed1i tho\u1ea1i v\u1ec1 c\u00e1ch nh\u00ecn c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i v\u1ec1 t\u01b0\u01a1ng lai c\u1ee7a c\u00f4ng nghi\u1ec7 ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m. \u00d4ng \u1ea5y h\u1ecfi t\u00f4i ngh\u0129 g\u00ec v\u1ec1 t\u00ednh to\u00e1n m\u00e2y v\u00e0 app di \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u0169ng nh\u01b0 khu v\u1ef1c t\u00f4i quan t\u00e2m. R\u1ed3i c\u00e1c ch\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ec1 \u0111\u1ed9t nhi\u00ean b\u1eadt sang khu v\u1ef1c b\u1ea5t ng\u1edd khi \u00f4ng \u1ea5y \u0111i t\u1eeb ch\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ec1 n\u00e0y sang ch\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ec1 kh\u00e1c. \u00d4ng \u1ea5y h\u1ecfi v\u1ec1 to\u00e0n c\u1ea7u ho\u00e1 v\u00e0 “th\u1ebf gi\u1edbi ph\u1eb3ng” r\u1ed3i chuy\u1ec3n sang ngu\u1ed3n l\u1ef1c \u0111\u00e1m \u0111\u00f4ng v\u00e0 kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p. T\u00f4i ph\u1ea3i th\u00fa nh\u1eadn l\u00e0 n\u1ebfu t\u00f4i kh\u00f4ng theo blog c\u1ee7a gi\u00e1o s\u01b0 V\u0169 t\u1ea1i CMU, t\u00f4i kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 tr\u1ea3 l\u1eddi \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c h\u1ea7u h\u1ebft c\u00e1c ch\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ec1 n\u00e0y. V\u1ec1 sau t\u00f4i m\u1edbi bi\u1ebft l\u00e0 Microsoft mu\u1ed1n nh\u00e2n vi\u00ean c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd c\u00f3 tri th\u1ee9c v\u1ec1 nhi\u1ec1u th\u1ee9, kh\u00f4ng ch\u1ec9 k\u0129 thu\u1eadt hay l\u1eadp tr\u00ecnh. V\u00ec t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 tr\u1ea3 l\u1eddi h\u1ea7u h\u1ebft c\u00e1c c\u00e2u h\u1ecfi, \u00f4ng \u1ea5y d\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 r\u1ea5t h\u00e0i l\u00f2ng v\u00e0 b\u1ea3o t\u00f4i r\u1eb1ng nhi\u1ec1u \u1ee9ng c\u1eed vi\u00ean \u0111\u00e3 kh\u00f4ng l\u00e0m t\u1ed1t trong nh\u1eefng ch\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ec1 n\u00e0y. \u00d4ng \u1ea5y b\u00ecnh lu\u1eadn: \u201cD\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 l\u00e0 anh c\u00f3 \u0111\u1ecdc nhi\u1ec1u v\u00e0 bi\u1ebft \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111ang x\u1ea3y ra trong c\u00f4ng nghi\u1ec7p, v\u00e0 t\u00f4i r\u1ea5t h\u00e0i l\u00f2ng.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cu\u1ed9c ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n ti\u1ebfp quay tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i c\u00e1c kh\u00eda c\u1ea1nh k\u0129 thu\u1eadt. L\u1ea7n n\u00e0y t\u00f4i ph\u1ea3i vi\u1ebft nhi\u1ec1u m\u00e3 h\u01a1n nh\u01b0ng ch\u00fang l\u1ea1i l\u00e0 \u0111i\u1ec1u th\u00edch th\u00fa h\u01a1n trong thu\u1eadt to\u00e1n c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i v\u00ec h\u1ecd c\u1ee9 h\u1ecfi t\u00f4i li\u1ec7u t\u00f4i c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0m t\u1ed1t h\u01a1n kh\u00f4ng. T\u00f4i bi\u1ebft \u0111i\u1ec1u h\u1ecd t\u00ecm l\u00e0 t\u1ed1i \u01b0u ho\u00e1. G\u1ea7n nh\u01b0 m\u1ecdi thu\u1eadt to\u00e1n t\u00f4i vi\u1ebft \u0111\u1ec1u ph\u1ea3i \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c t\u1ed1i \u01b0u ho\u00e1 \u0111\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ec3 gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft c\u00e1c giao t\u00e1c ph\u1ee9c t\u1ea1p. V\u1ec1 sau t\u00f4i m\u1edbi bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng h\u1ecd \u0111\u00e3 kh\u00f4ng mong \u0111\u1ee3i l\u00e0 t\u00f4i ch\u1ec9 vi\u1ebft m\u00e3 l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c m\u00e0 c\u00f2n mu\u1ed1n th\u00fac t\u00f4i t\u1edbi \u0111i\u1ec3m t\u00f4i s\u1ebd t\u1eeb b\u1ecf, \u0111i\u1ec1u n\u00e0y cho h\u1ecd bi\u1ebft n\u0103ng l\u1ef1c \u0111\u00edch x\u00e1c c\u1ee7a nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi xin vi\u1ec7c. T\u00f4i c\u0169ng ph\u1ea3i n\u00f3i r\u1eb1ng nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi ph\u1ecfng v\u1ea5n t\u00f4i \u0111\u1ec1u l\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed k\u0129 thu\u1eadt, h\u1ecd bi\u1ebft \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u1ec3 h\u1ecfi v\u00e0 bi\u1ebft c\u00e1ch \u0111\u00e1nh gi\u00e1 m\u00e3 t\u1ed1t v\u00e0 c\u00f4ng vi\u1ec7c \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c thi\u1ebft k\u1ebf t\u1ed1t. Ph\u1ea7n l\u1edbn nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed trong c\u00f4ng ti c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i \u0111\u1ec1u kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i l\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi k\u0129 thu\u1eadt. H\u1ecd l\u00e0 \u0111i\u1ec1u ch\u00fang t\u00f4i g\u1ecdi l\u00e0 “ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed d\u1ef1a tr\u00ean quan h\u1ec7\u201d v\u00ec h\u1ecd c\u00f3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ch\u1ee9c v\u1ee5 d\u1ef1a tr\u00ean ng\u01b0\u1eddi h\u1ecd bi\u1ebft v\u00e0 k\u1ebft n\u1ed1i gia \u0111\u00ecnh ch\u1ee9 kh\u00f4ng v\u00ec n\u0103ng l\u1ef1c v\u00e0 k\u0129 n\u0103ng c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd.<\/p>\n

T\u00f4i c\u00f3 c\u1ea3m gi\u00e1c l\u1eabn l\u1ed9n khi t\u00f4i b\u01b0\u1edbc ra kh\u1ecfi v\u0103n ph\u00f2ng. T\u00f4i kh\u00f4ng bi\u1ebft li\u1ec7u t\u00f4i c\u00f3 l\u00e0m t\u1ed1t hay kh\u00f4ng. \u00cdt nh\u1ea5t t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0m b\u1ea5t k\u00ec c\u00e1i g\u00ec t\u00f4i c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0m. Hai tu\u1ea7n sau, t\u00f4i nh\u1eadn \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c \u0111i\u1ec7n tho\u1ea1i t\u1eeb Microsoft v\u00e0 h\u1ecd \u0111\u1ec1 ngh\u1ecb t\u00f4i m\u1ed9t ch\u1ee9c v\u1ee5 \u1edf Microsoft Research Asia \u1edf B\u1eafc Kinh. T\u00f4i s\u1ebd d\u00e0nh ra s\u00e1u th\u00e1ng \u0111\u00e0o t\u1ea1o t\u1ea1i Microsoft \u1edf Redmond, Washington r\u1ed3i b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c \u1edf B\u1eafc Kinh. Vi\u1ec7c c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i s\u1ebd y\u00eau c\u1ea7u t\u00f4i \u0111i l\u1ea1i gi\u1eefa hai n\u01b0\u1edbc nhi\u1ec1u l\u1ea7n trong n\u0103m v\u00ec t\u00f4i n\u00f3i r\u1ea5t t\u1ed1t ti\u1ebfng Anh khi so s\u00e1nh v\u1edbi c\u00e1c \u1ee9ng c\u1eed vi\u00ean kh\u00e1c. V\u1ec1 sau t\u00f4i th\u1ea5y r\u1eb1ng t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0m t\u1ed1t cho n\u00ean thay v\u00ec l\u00e0 \u1edf v\u1ecb tr\u00ed ng\u01b0\u1eddi ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m m\u00e0 h\u1ecd \u0111\u00e3 ngh\u0129 s\u1eb5n trong \u0111\u1ea7u khi t\u00f4i xin v\u00e0o, ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd \u0111\u00e3 quy\u1ebft \u0111\u1ecbnh cho t\u00f4i l\u00e0 ch\u1ee9c v\u1ee5 l\u00e3nh \u0111\u1ea1o t\u1ed5 cho m\u1ed9t d\u1ef1 \u00e1n nh\u1ecf.<\/p>\n

Cu\u1ed1i c\u00f9ng th\u00ec m\u01a1 \u01b0\u1edbc c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c cho Microsoft \u0111\u00e3 tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh s\u1ef1 th\u1ef1c. T\u00f4i vi\u1ebft kinh nghi\u1ec7m n\u00e0y \u0111\u1ec3 chia s\u1ebb v\u1edbi c\u00e1c b\u1ea1n v\u00e0 hi v\u1ecdng r\u1eb1ng m\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 ng\u01b0\u1eddi trong c\u00e1c b\u1ea1n s\u1ebd c\u00f3 kinh nghi\u1ec7m nh\u01b0 c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i.<\/p>\n

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Sharing interview experience<\/p>\n

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Dear Professor,<\/p>\n

I know that you always ask graduates who are working to share experiences with students who are still in school. When I took your classes, I received several emails from former students sharing their experiences so I would like to share mine.<\/p>\n

Like many students from China I went to CMU with a desire to learn as much as I can from one of the best technology schools. Beside the technical knowledge that I learned, I also learned about friendships, relationships, and especially valuable advices from you. After graduated, most of my friends stayed in the U.S. and got jobs at companies like Google, Microsoft, Oracle and IBM but I returned to China because I had to take care of my elderly parents. I was the only son and I wanted to spend time with them after four years away to study in the U.S. With the degree from CMU, I got a good job with a top software company in Beijing. Since then, I heard from friends who worked in the U.S. about how those top software companies operated; how well they treated their workers; how software people worked together and learned\u00a0 from each others; how nice were their facilities; especially they were given time to innovate and create new ideas etc. The more I heard about it, the more I wished that I had the opportunity like them.<\/p>\n

Having worked for a top software company in China, I always enjoyed my work but the way the company operated was very different from U.S. company. Developers must work long hours and follow certain direction as everything was driven by business, learning new things or innovation were considered luxury things that they cannot afford. Last month, I received a call from a friend who works for Microsoft. He told me that due to the critical shortage of skilled people, Microsoft began to hire developers from all over the world and they are hiring people in Beijing for the local center, this was great news for me.<\/p>\n

Following is my own experience on the interview with this software company. I do not know if my experience is any difference from others but I hope that it may help some of you who want to work for Microsoft. I believe that my CMU degree and working experience really help as within few days, I received a call from Microsoft for a telephone interview. Later I found out that there were over thousand applicants who applied for the job but they selected about one hundred for interview.<\/p>\n

For the first interview that Microsoft called \u201cScreening Interview\u201d, we used Skype to talk to three people in the U.S. They began by reviewing my resume and asked me about my education, my capstone project at CMU, and my present project. After about twenty minutes, they gave me some problems to solve. The problems were simple (They were about Linked-lists and Binary-tree) and I had no problem with the answers. After that, they moved to programming concept and asked me many questions about Object Oriented Design in which I answered accordingly. (I think anyone who study Computer Science or Software Engineering should be able to answer these questions). We continued on several topics mostly about software quality. I mentioned Quality attributes such as Maintainability, Scalability, Performance and Security which seemed surprised them. Later I learned that most candidates only referred software quality to defect. While I was explaining to them about secured coding, one person suddenly stopped me: \u201cCould you come to our office in Beijing next week, I wanted you to meet someone.\u201d Of course, I told him that I am available for additional interview. They said that they will send me an email with the details and the \u201cscreening interview\u201d was over. It lasted about 45 minutes but it seemed much longer than that but I was very happy because I thought that I did well.<\/p>\n

The next interview happened at Microsoft office in Beijing. The place had a different atmosphere as compare with our company. It was bright and had a lot of pictures, a small table with coffee pots and lot of snack foods. The receptionist offered me coffee but I declined. After waiting for about 15 minutes, I was asked to go into a small room with a large white board.<\/p>\n

The first interview was conducted by three young people about the same age as mine. They were polite but seemed serious and it made me a little nervous. Two of them asked most questions when the other was taking notes on his laptops. I felt uncomfortable because he typed very fast as he recorded everything I said. The interview began with a problem where I had to write code on the whiteboard. I asked what programming language that they preferred and they told me that I could select any language so I chose C++. The problem was relatively easy and I did it with about 50 lines of code. They looked at it then took a picture of what I wrote on the board with their phone camera. The next several problems were more difficult. Some of them were very challenging like a puzzle that I must solve by putting pieces together. The last question was about designing a system where they wanted me to started from the beginning of the development process with context diagrams, design diagrams, and class diagrams and explained to them how do I come up with that logic before any coding. They challenged my design and asked me about tradeoff analysis. As I explained to them how my design could work but they keep interrupted and asked me a lot of question about \u201cWhat if \u2026\u201d I knew what they wanted were several alternative solutions rather than just a single solution. I explained to them how I came up with this design rather than others as I did considered them. I explained about design efficiency and performance as contrast with other alternatives. They seemed pleased but no one said anything.\u00a0 Most of these problems were associated with data structures, sorting, searching, binary, and Bayesian logic. It lasted over two hours then they asked me if I wanted anything before they left the room. I had about fifteen minutes break before the next interview but my mind was busy as I kept asking myself on how I did in the first interview.<\/p>\n

The second interview was conducted by two managers, a Chinese and an American. They were very kind and asked me if I wanted to use English or Chinese. I answered that since I attended CMU in the U.S. I would use English instead. This seemed to please both of them. Later I learned that the conversation was to test my communication skills as if I got hired, I would have to work in both China and the U.S. Unlike other interview where I had to discuss programming, this interview was mostly about my knowledge on software lifecycle, process, and methods. They wanted me to describe in details each phase of the software lifecycle, the entry and exit criteria. They also wanted me to compare and contrast between the Plan-driven and Agile approach. It seemed that they were interested in my thought process, my analytical and problem solving skills. They gave me several scenarios and asked me to solve. The first was fairly easy but after that they went deeper into more details, and more difficult problems. Occasionally they would give me some hints as they did not expect me to be perfect. Although they were very kind and patient, I felt very stressful about this type of scenario interview. I did not remember much because there were several but one scenario stuck in my mind. This was one of the case studies that Professor Vu always taught in his course: \u201cHow do you recognize a disaster project that was completely out of control and how do you fix it.\u201d As I explained step by step to identify, analyzed, re-organize, and re-planning the project just like I learned at CMU, I could feel that they were surprised. They looked at each other and kept nodding their heads. I knew that I did well. When I finished, one manager told me: \u201cIt seemed that you do have experience in software project management. Tell me about your management experience.\u201d I explained to them about the important of project management such as \u201cWorking with customers to get requirements, involving team members into estimating and commitments.\u201d They seemed happy but did not say anything but I knew that I was heading in the right direction.<\/p>\n

The third interview happened at lunch. Another senior manager took me to a nearby restaurant. We did not talk about design or code but the conversation was about my view on the future of the software industry. He asked me what I think about cloud computing and mobile apps as well as what areas that I was interested in. The topics then suddenly switched to unexpected areas as he went from one topic to another. He asked about globalization and the \u201cFlat world\u201d then switched to crowd-sourcing and entrepreneurship. I had to admit that if I did not follow Professor Vu blog at CMU, I could not answer most of these topics. Later I learned that Microsoft wanted their employees be knowledgeable about many things, not just technical or programming. Since I did answer most of the questions, he seemed very please and told me that many candidates did not do well in these topics. He commented: \u201cIt seemed that you do read a lot and know what is happening in the industry, and I am very please.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next interview went back to technical aspects. This time I had to write more code but they were more interested in my algorithms as they kept asking me if I could do better. I knew what they were looking for was optimization. Almost every algorithm I wrote must be optimized enough to handle sophisticated transactions. Later I learned that they did not expect that I only wrote code that works but wanted to push me to the point that I would gave-up, this gave them the exact capability of the applicants. I also had to say that people who interviewed me were technical managers, they knew what to ask and knew how to appreciate good code and well designed works. Most managers in my current company were not technical. They were what we called \u201cManager based on relationships\u201d because they got their positions based on who they knew and family connection rather than their abilities and skills.<\/p>\n

I had a mixed feeling when I walked out of the office. I did not know whether I did well or not. At least I did whatever I could. Two weeks later, I got a call from Microsoft and they offered me a position at the Microsoft Research Asia in Beijing. I will spend six months training at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington then start to work in Beijing. My job will require me to travel between both countries several times a year since I speak very good English as compare with other candidates. Later I found that I did so well so instead of the software developer position that they had in mind when I applied, their managers decided to gave me a team leader position to lead a small project.<\/p>\n

At last my dream to work for Microsoft became a reality. I wrote this experience to share with you and hope that some of you will have an experience like mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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