Guys, as with all interviews, YMMV. Microsoft and Google interview thousands and thousands of engineers monthly, do not try to generalize the interview experie

Guys, as with all interviews, YMMV. Microsoft and Google interview thousands and thousands of engineers monthly, do not try to generalize the interview experience for everyone based on your one anecdotal experience (or that of a few friends) and naively assume it's that same way for everyone else.