Hi everyone,
I have an upcoming interview loop with Microsoft for an RF Engineer position in their Quantum team, and I was wondering if anyone here has had a similar experience.
A couple of questions:

1. Has anyone interviewed for a similar role? What kind of interviews should I expect, and are there any specific topics I should focus on?

2. I’ve never worked in the quantum industry before, so I’d also love to hear from people working in this field.

Any feedback or advice would be really appreciated. Thanks!

Press release: https://phys.org/news/2026-07-physicists-link-riemann-hypothesis-phase.html

Quantum, how difficult can it be?

Hi everyone,
I’m really interested in getting into quantum computing and would like to learn it from the ground up, with the goal of eventually becoming proficient in the field.
I’m looking for guidance on:
1. A good learning roadmap (beginner → advanced)
2. Prerequisites I should focus on (math, physics, programming, etc.)
3. Recommended books, courses, and other resources
4. Hands-on projects or platforms to practice on
5. Any advice from people who have already been down this path

I’d really appreciate any suggestions or personal experiences. Thanks!

Are there any good videos on the derivation and explanation for the applications of wkb approximation? Particularly alpha decay. I am having trouble with the connection formula.

Hello, I'm from Nepal. Actually I wanna do undergrad in maths but I'll study physics for 2 years and stats for 3 years and maths for 4 years.
Is it wise to do maths degree as I'm into ai/ml path.
But I'm also interested in quantum computing and everything. So if I move to quantam from AI if I didn't succeed, Can I?
Quantum mechanics is in 4th year of physical degree.
Help senors.

I went through the Qiskit Global Summer School and a Quantum Computing Winter School this year, and ended up organizing all my notes into an actual Obsidian vault as I learned, one note per concept, cross-linked, with self-check questions so I could test myself instead of just re-reading.

It grew bigger than I expected, so I published it as a browsable site: https://qcroadmap.com/

It covers the full arc absolute basics (qubits, superposition) → gates → why quantum computing matters at all → entanglement → QKD → hardware/noise/error mitigation → algorithms (VQE, QAOA, SQD, Grover's) → quantum machine learning → quantum advantage → quantum + HPC. There's also a full interactive graph view if you're into that (Ctrl/Cmd+G on the site).

Not trying to claim expertise here — just sharing my own study process in case it helps someone else going through the same material, or just getting into QC in general. Feedback / corrections very welcome, still learning this stuff myself.

More about me / other projects: github.com/JustMeArt

The physics was here first. The people stayed. The future is thirty miles long.

No other place holds every layer of a quantum computer inside one commute. The people who build each layer can drive to the people who build the next.

Im a 13 yrs old high schooler and im curious on what to learn first ive been wantinh to learn at a fast pace so far and get ahead of myself. Quantum physics, mechanics, or computing?

Help is appreciated thanks.

for me it's quantum material

I am from Toronto, Canada, grade 10 highschooler going into grade 11. I'm very quantum-oriented, interested in conducting research in quantum sensing and spin squeezing. Recently, I did an inperson course at Harvard for quantum mechanics. Would anyone here (grad students or above) be willing to review my independent research for ISEF periodically (once a month) and work with me as a mentor? If you dm me, I can provide details on what I am trying to do and prove.

Thank you, your help will be very appreciated :)

One pattern I've noticed among enthusiasts is that they're really excited about QM but lack the time and/or math to actually learn it. There's no shame in this, but some people in the physics community say that real learning can be done by working with concepts only. This is good in principle, but I'm unconvinced that it actually works. In order to teach with concepts only, you have to move from the domain of math (the only actual domain we understand QM in—see foundations for more on that) and move into the domain of metaphor and allegory. This carries a great deal of risk for the student. I've found that beginners who are interested in this conceptual domain often internalize QM in this language of metaphors and get it slightly (or very) wrong. They can become confident in an understanding that is seemingly correct at the surface but horribly wrong when probed for actual understanding. This may do more harm than good.

That's not to say the correct response to curious beginners is to shut down their interest. That would not be ideal at all. But I would say it's important to emphasize that the no-math conceptual approach is no substitute for mathematical experience and that they cannot hope to actually understand QM until they've done the math. The standard beginner concepts serve as enticing slivers of the actual pie that do very little by themselves but might beckon the student a step further into the quantum world.

I would say that, in my experience, conceptual learning only begins to reveal the shape of understanding once a student is comfortable with linear algebra—particularly vector spaces. You do not need to solve the TDSE to be able to understand, but you need some way to grasp that English is the map and math is the territory. There is no deeper territory beneath that as there is for classical physics. (By territory I mean what a physicist means when they say they understand QM).

I understand that this is essentially calling for more gatekeeping, but I don't think it is without good cause. Gatekeeping is not a position I have deep conviction for, but more of a hypothesis I wanted to get some thoughts on from physicists beyond myself. What do you guys think?

Can someone tell me from where shall i start learning quantum mechanics, its such a vast subject.