Started with an initial application, and then I was contacted by my school's recruiter to set up a phone interview. The phone interview was with a software engineer, and I was asked to write solutions on an online text editor that interviewer was able to watch in real time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write and explain an algorithm in a language that you choose.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hertzlija) in Jun 2019
Interview
Applied via University hi-tech fair along with.
~ 300 CVs made it to stage 1
~ 60 made it to stage 2
~ 30 made it to stage 3
~ 9 made it to stage 4 and signed the contract
1. Online test - 2 hours for 6 questions
2. Technical test - 3 hours of coding
3. Technical Interview - 1 hour
4. HR interview
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Given a tree (not necessarily binary) as a list of tuples, where every tuple is (FATHER_KEY, CHILD_KEY) and keys are distinct - return a list of tuples for the same tree, without the given sub-tree of key X.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
4 in person technical interviews after employee referral. One is over lunch and constitutes the behavioral portion. The last is with the hiring manager who gives you an overview of the team and projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Calculate the number of days between 2 given calendar dates.