I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Mar 2020
Interview
4 Interviews total
2 are formal and in the other 2 data science questions.
Overall the process took about 1 month, and the HR team was very interactive. Once I told them that I was intervieing to other places the made the process faster.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. If there are posts with comments, where each comment has several attributes (features). Design an algorithm which can determine whether the post is fake or not.
a. What do you do in case some comments have missing features?
b. The features are changed such that instead of a single value they have an array of values, what do you do to adapt it to the algorithm
Smooth as it can be. Coding round followed by technical then hr. And then final discussion round. It was good experience that I can't express in words. Although I didn't get selected but it was good experience.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Zürich) in Dec 2021
Interview
Few steps interview with very clear structure. Good communication with HR and Manager. Tests on recruiting platform regarding data science knowledge and sql. Quick coding test in ML as well.