I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2016
Interview
The whole process take 6 months. The interview process take half day. 4 turns back to back. Each takes 45 minutes and 15 minutes to break. Code only take 10-20 minutes, easy-medium difficulty. More time spent on asking detailed and improvement on former projects. Not performed well on behavior questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the project you most proud of and how can you improve it.
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Applied at campus info session.
Got an on-campus interview that lasted 30 min. Got an invitation to onsite interview the business day after. Scheduled an onsite interview a month after. Had 4 rounds of interview. Each round had 1 technical question and some resume/background discussion. Got offer the business day after.
Super positive experience. Non-stop flight, rental car, $75 a day for meals, $50 a day for sightseeing, luxury hotel, etc. The interviewers and recruiters were all super friendly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Past jobs/projects on resume. Can't discuss technical questions.
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2016
Interview
On-Campus interview followed by final round in Redmond. The process took 30+ days since all the spots were taken by the time I was signing up. On-Campus was easy with some basic algorithm questions (sorting, tree, etc). Final round was four 45-minute interviews (thought some people only had 3). Lunch was provided.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Simple design questions like messaging and elevator controller