7 Facts About Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) You Don’t Know

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We are going to disappoint you as we will not actually give you the answer to this question, not because we don’t know it, but because it’s not relevant to the story. However, it is not a random question, it became popular after Microsoft started asking it during job interviews.

Interestingly, they don’t expect the interviewees to give straight answers to this question, but rather to show their ways of thinking. It could be a genuine information, or just a legend, but it’s definitely certain, that Microsoft engages people it’s planning to hire in different tricky situations to let them express creativity and originality. Other big companies are also using the same interview style.