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==Innovation==

Microsoft's interview style was distinctive in that it concerned technical knowledge, problem solving and creativity as opposed to the [[Job interview#Behavioral interview questions|goal and weaknesses interviews]] most companies used at the time. Initially based on [[Bill Gates]]'s obsession with puzzles, many of the puzzles presented during interviews started off being [[Fermi problem]]s, or sometimes logic problems, and have eventually transitioned over the years into questions relevant to programming:.<ref>{{cite book | last = Poundstone | author-link = William Poundstone | first = William | title = How Would You Move Mount Fuji | ___location = Boston | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | year = 2003 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/howwouldyoumovem00poun/page/50 50–90] | isbn = 0-316-91916-0 | url = https://archive.org/details/howwouldyoumovem00poun/page/50 }}</ref> As [[William Poundstone]] wrote, "Puzzles test competitive edge as well as intelligence. Like business or football, a logic puzzle divides the world into winners and losers. You either get the answer, or you don't. … Winning has to matter."<ref>Poundstone, page 62.</ref>

<blockquote>Puzzles test competitive edge as well as intelligence. Like business or football, a logic puzzle divides the world into winners and losers. You either get the answer, or you don't... Winning has to matter.<ref>Poundstone, page 62.</ref></blockquote>

== Example interview questions ==