I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Dec 2016
Interview
On-campus interview + on-site interview at Redmond
Contacted by recruiter for an on-campus interview opportunity. It was a short screening interview with some behavior questions and a coding question, only pseudo code needed.
On-site interview consists of 4 rounds with each one 45 mins long. Both behavior and coding questions were asked in each round. It's a great experience.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
*online round - hacker-rank - 3 questions in 1 hour
* skype based interview - 1 hour - 3 questions - was asked for implementation for 2.
It was rude and negative from the start and at the end I was disappointed by the interviewer's state of mind and his approach. Perhaps they should be more prepared to interview properly and avoid being rude (if can't be nice).
Also HR pushed me to take online round within 12 hours of her call - it looked way too urgent.
I hope these are one off incidents and I hope I never apply there
Happy interviewing!! :)
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2016
Interview
All interviews are technical. Started with an on campus interview in September, but there was a hold on submitting candidates to final round that got lifted in December. Flew out to Seattle for a 4 more interviews (spaced out with a 15 min break)
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Print out all the nodes in a binary in order without recursion.