It’s All About the Ambiguity, Baby

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Dealing with Ambiguity is one of the core competencies Microsoft tests for in their interviews. It is the ability to approach complex, ambiguous problems in a systematic manner, and make sustained forward progress without getting lost in tangents.

Today I’d like to drill a little bit into this competency, explaining how it plays out in real-world scenarios, and a couple approaches to succeeding in…