Microsoft Interview Question for Program Managers






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X35X
7182
X46X

- Brian April 23, 2008 | Flag Reply
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7
1 3 5
4 6 8
2

- Sathya March 05, 2007 | Flag Reply
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5 & 6 are diagonally adjacent here

- bvgr November 25, 2012 | Flag
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7
4 1 3
6 8 5
2

- Swati March 22, 2007 | Flag Reply
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Could not get the question ? Can u pls elaborate ?

- Champ May 30, 2007 | Flag
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-6-
-8- -1- -3-
-4- -7- -5-
-2-

- Anonymous July 09, 2007 | Flag Reply
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7 & 8 are diagonally adjacent

- YL August 30, 2019 | Flag
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1
3 8
5 6
7 4
2

- Anonymous October 12, 2007 | Flag Reply
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6 7
5 1 2
4 3 8

- sammy December 11, 2007 | Flag Reply
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A correction

6 7
5 1 2
4 3 8

- sammy December 11, 2007 | Flag Reply
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12 is consecutive

- Anonymous April 07, 2009 | Flag
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-1e--
35e8
7e24
-e6-

Where e is empty
- means no square present

- Deepak Sharma April 10, 2008 | Flag Reply
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I've got this question on campus interview the other day and ran out time. Since then, haven't heard from them ......:)

Point is that 1 and 8 have only one adjacent number, so, they should go in the middle of maze.

- Brian April 23, 2008 | Flag Reply
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8XX2
X15X
X73X
4XX6

- Anonymous May 19, 2008 | Flag Reply
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I think this solution works.

- sharonluo February 07, 2011 | Flag
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can somebody pictorially explain how the arrangement is marking each square by a prticular symbol. Say every square is being denoted by an 'x'.

- hary June 27, 2008 | Flag Reply
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XX
XXXXXX
XXXXXX
XX

- Anonymous November 28, 2008 | Flag
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E stands for Empty...
E13E
3571
8135
E68E

- Shwetank Gupta October 09, 2008 | Flag Reply
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Use all the numbers! Dont repeat

- Anonymous February 22, 2009 | Flag
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2 417 3
685

- Anonymous November 08, 2008 | Flag Reply
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2 417 3
685

- NG November 08, 2008 | Flag Reply
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X 2 X
5 8 7
3 1 4
X 6 X

X - Denotes empty cell

- SV June 12, 2009 | Flag Reply
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Correct Answer:

X 2 X
5 8 6
3 1 4
X 7 X

X - Denotes empty cell

- SV June 12, 2009 | Flag Reply
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XXXX
X152
7384
XX6X

- Anonymous June 23, 2009 | Flag Reply
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SV's answer is correct

- smartAss August 13, 2009 | Flag Reply
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Is my understanding (4 squares in center,2 above,2 right,2 left,2 bottom) correct ?

X X 6 8 X X
2 4 X X 5 7
X X 1 3 X X

- Anonymous October 31, 2010 | Flag Reply


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