I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Houston, TX) in Nov 2015
Interview
They contacted with me after career fair of my University, and gave me a very brief interview which includes 2 questions. I answered it quickly. After 2 follow up questions, the interview was over. Few days, I got an email from the recruiter who contacted me before, saying that due to limit of opening positions, they cannot let me go to next stage of the interview process, but they put me onto the waiting list and if there is any available position, they would continue this process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find a pair of numbers from an array of number that sum of them equals to a given number.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Dec 2015
Interview
De sollicitatieprocedure bestaat uit 3 stappen. De eerste is een online assessment van een aantal vragen waarbij gekeken wordt naar wat voor persoon je bent en hoe je zou reageren in bepaalde situaties. De tweede stap is een video interview waarbij je antwoordt geeft op 8 vragen. De derde stap is een interview.
Dusver heb ik de eerste stappen gedaan en heb ze behaald en wacht op contact op een afspraak in te plannen.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 8 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2015
Interview
My first interview was on campus back in February 2015 after a career fair. The 45 minute interview went really well, but they informed me that they did not have any more internship positions for the summer. However, they put me on a "fast track" in which I would be doing my onsite interviews early in the next cycle. Thus, I had to wait till November to interview onsite. The whole experience was great! They took care of everything travel-wise. There were 4 interviews back-to-back, 45 minutes each (with about 10 minutes of break in between). The main reason they seemed difficult was because of the overall length. Otherwise, each interview consisted of an average technical question (~15-20 minutes), a discussion of my interests and previous experiences (~15-20 minutes), and questions at the end. I saw each interview as a blank slate and still got an offer despite messing up one of them.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Determine if a singly linked list is a palindrome.