Interview, Explained
In-depth breakdowns of tech interviews — section-by-section analysis with diagrams, quotes, and insights.
~23 minJay Parikh on rebuilding every layer of GitHub for agents
Microsoft's CoreAI lead walks through what it takes to run GitHub when agents already open 40% of pull requests: rebuild every layer, make the old workflow optional, route across models, keep the quality bar from slipping, and tie token spend to outcomes.
~37 minSatya Nadella on why AI needs an independent tool layer
Microsoft’s CEO argues the durable advantage in AI is the interoperable tool layer — use every model, depend on none, even as Microsoft builds its own — and that safety and public trust are won through control, containment, and tangible benefit.
~8 minJudson Althoff on Selling Outcomes, Not AI Adoption
Microsoft is standing up a 6,000-person, ~$2.5B Frontier Company unit to push enterprise AI past adoption pilots into outcome-tied deployments, staffed with industry veterans and built on a model-diverse platform that spans 11,000 models.