I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jan 2015
Interview
I applied for the position through a Career Fair at my university, and was given a 30 minute in-person interview on campus. The interview was a little rushed because everything was behind schedule that day, but it was not incredibly difficult. The majority of the interview was based on behavioral questions.
The reason why the process took a long time was because all of the final round interview slots they were offering conflicted with my exam schedule.
The final round consisted of four interviews in a row from around 11:00AM to 4:30PM. The interviewers were all incredibly helpful, and although I did not perform very well in the interviews they allowed me to relax and stay calm throughout the whole day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Flip a binary tree upside down and return an array of nodes (which are the new heads)
Started with a 30 min informational interview. The next round was a technical interview for 6o minutes. Most problems were no more difficult then leet code medium. Then it moved into a full super day.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderabad) in Jan 2023
Interview
Four rounds - mic of technical and behavioral. Leetcode questions were asked and system design questions were asked in technical rounds. For behavioral, it was mostly straightforward situation based questions. The ability to convey your thoughts was also assessed.
Started with introductory questions, then moved on to discuss projects and tech stack. Then a DSA question was given and I was asked to code it in my local editor, complete with the main function.