I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (London, England) in Aug 2022
Interview
The interview process was a bit messy because the recruiter was new and he didn’t give me much background about the role. They gave me two case studies. One was around data modernisation and the other was around migration. These case studies are meant to assess how you think but in reality they actually test your technical knowledge around that case study. In my case both case studies did not relate to my existing experience and I felt like I was being absolutely grilled during the interviews. I also received mixed reviews about what CSAs do from people at Microsoft. I would recommend you press the recruiter about what CSAs do and what are their expectations. The job role is very vague and they stress knowledge not experience which is very misleading. Also if the case studies don’t align to your current experience or you don’t have in depth knowledge of the systems they are asking you about, you will struggle. Request a new case study or reconsider the role as it’s not worth it truly.
New grad interview process was divided into 2 rounds. Phone screening and technical interviews with behavioral questions. I had a coding question but apparently not everyone in my cohort got one. Everyone was nice and friendly. Questions about my interests
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Singapur) in Jul 2022
Interview
The hiring manager canceled at the last minute of the first interview, and was almost 20 minutes late for the rescheduled interview.
When asked about the job role, hiring manager was also not able to explain the job role clearly. It was vague, and unclear.
Questions asked have no context, and when I asked questions on what specific scenario was the hiring manager thinking about, the response was vague and too broad to make a targeted answer.
I've interviewed at many companies, large and small, including other big tech firms. I thought Microsoft would have been better, but it's one of the worst.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Imagine if you have a customer who wants to build a product - how would you go about recommending a solution?