I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderabad) in Jun 2013
Interview
Though i applied online to a position in Microsoft for more than a month, i only received the call from the recruiter a day after i got a reference. Now though i applied for a Program Manager position, the recruiter informed me that my profile suited another position: SDET 2 among the current openings.
I never did have any formal testing experience prior in my career but when the recruiter mentioned that development was the integral part of the profile.
My interview was with a Lead Tester whose questions were excellent analytical questions in Testing scenarios. He did not ask any typical technical questions (which otherwise can be googled). He was really testing my thinking on how i would test a product.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How will you manage multilingual (Hundreds of languages) testing of a Product in a very very short notice i.e. you cannot test all of them.
Prepare a detailed Test Plan Document: Resources required, Hardware required,Test Scenarios, Time required etc for "testing a Simple Web application form with 3 text fields and 2 numeric fields". He asked me to first ask him all the requirements as one would ask the client.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2019
Interview
3rd party Recruiter reached out to for a contract role in one of the team from devices group and scheduled take home test followed by 3 rounds of interview on Teams and then release offer for 18 months contract
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were lot of technical and behavioral questions. Take home test contains real world problems such as debugging an issue in real world scenarios. Teams video calls were really long and each call lasted for 1 hour with many core questions
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Aug 2016
Interview
Multiple rounds of interviews. First round was an online MCQ test. Second was an online algorithmic coding test. The next round was a pen and paper test consisting of algorithmic problems. Then 3 rounds of interviews which were of average difficulty. Applied through college. Location was for Hyderabad/Bangalore India. Interview process was good. HR communication was also good.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Interviewed with 5 people in 1 day. Group interview included the hiring manager, developers, testers and other senior people in the team. Each interview took an hour. It was overwhelming.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time when you did not get along with your coworkers. How did you handle the situation?