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I came across this list of classic Microsoft Interview Questions on a DIGG post and thought our readers might get a good chuckle. I would never recommend these be used as an interview technique since most of them suggest the interviewer is capable of making an assessment of the intellectual capability of the candidate. I would suggest this is far from the truth for most recruiters and hiring managers when they conduct interviews. Although some may swear by these interview questions - I would put them in the same interview question category as "What form of plant life would you come back as?"

The author claims the questions are from actual interviews conducted by Microsoft Employees. The interview questions are listed at http://www.sellsbrothers.com/fun/msiview/default.aspx?content=question.htm. My favorite of all is the "Why are manhole covers round?" Without cheating by going to this site, can anyone answer this question? Does Microsoft actually conduct interview training to teach hiring managers to ask these interview questions?

Barry Deutsch

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