I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (New Delhi) in Mar 2022
Interview
Technical interviews are very good. Interaction with Microsoft engineers is a real good learning experience.
HR recruiters especially the Careernet contract folks are very un-professional. I think they are only paid to schedule the interviews. Once the interviews are done, they simply go on radio silence. Have some empathy towards candidates who spend lot of efforts and time for big companies like Microsoft. We deserve atleast a No if not a complete feedback. Don't keep us hoping for a call from you forever.
Even a small office that has 50 to 100 employees has a better hiring process than Microsoft.
Another observation is, some of the job posts that they are scheduling are already in-active. Why schedule and later say that the requisition is closed?
Why are so many jobs posts are open for more than 6 to 8 months? Something really mysterious.
Folks, try for other big companies that have better recruiters. Don't waste your precious time for Microsoft India. It's not worth it.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft in May 2022
Interview
Interview process consists of a screening round and 4 rounds in loop.
I have cleared all the rounds and i was selected . The recruiter called me and discussed about the offer.
After Offer was given i asked a discussion with hiring manager , then hiring manager sent out email that you were not selected.
I lost the value i had on microsoft.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft in May 2022
Interview
Step 1. Recruiter contacted and had a 30 mins call to understand the Job profile and what you looking forward.
Step 2. Asked me to update my resume in Microsoft career website.
Step 3. The recruiter started sharing some openings which hiring managers(mostly Dev Managers) shortlist. Gave my available timeslots.
Step 4: The hiring manager will schedule a technical coding interview round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interviewer first question: "Why Microsoft" and then he shares a Codility link.
Question: Convert a number (1234) into words (One Two Three Four) in a most efficient way(no switch case), no string conversion etc.
Since I didn't practice much Algorithms, I struggled a bit, however the interviewer gave some tips. It was a 50 mins online test in 1 hr time slot.