I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2019
Interview
Reached out to by a recruiter on LinkedIn, who set up a first round interview with a Microsoft Engineer coming to my college. Interview was kind of wacky, and he didn't ask me questions, I had to bring up my experiences on my own. A couple weeks later got flown out to their Seattle campus for a tour and 2 back to back hybrid technical/behavioral interviews. Coding portion was very manageable. Had a deadline coming up, so they got me a decision in only 3 days. Overall a good experience and had a lot of fun exploring Seattle for a day!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you faced a difficult technical challenge and how you overcame it
I applied through their website with a referral, after a month or so they sent me a home exam, I think about a month after that i had 3 interviews in the same day, each one around 1:15 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
implement a dictionary where you have set,get and setAll, all in O(1)
The hiring process consists of a HackerRank home exam, followed by three technical interviews covering LeetCode-style problems and system architecture. Once this is done, you will have a final HR interview.
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Question 1
I had a technical interview where I was asked to solve the classic 'Climbing Stairs' problem (LeetCode #70), which is a dynamic programming question based on the Fibonacci sequence.
One HR interview, then two problem-solving interviews (beginer level) on HackerRank. You can choose the best programming language for you to use in solving problems. You should think out loud to enable your interviewer to understand how you would think to solve the problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the lowest difference between two numbers in a list
