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otterley on July 7, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Async Queue – One of my favorite programming inter...

“Why are manhole covers round?” “How many dry cleaners are in the city of Seattle?” were both infamous Microsoft interview questions.

dekhn on July 7, 2025 [–]

Previously known as "Fermi questions"- commonly asked of undergrads and grad students in quantitative fields.

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