I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Ogden, UT) in Apr 2019
Interview
I interviewed with two people. With each interviewer there was a five minute personality interview followed by a ten minute whiteboard interview.
Before this on campus interview they reviewed probably 30 resumes that were submitted via our career counselor. Then 10 of us were invited to an interview preparation meeting with one of our interviewers so that we could talk about the process, the company culture, and ask questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a program to take inputs of word pairs, like box lunch, box car, car stereo, stereo sound, etc
Start at a random index and output a list of pairs omitting previously used pairs.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Peking, Peking) in Apr 2019
Interview
Three interviewers in total, each have 45 minutes to ask questions. Three hours in total. Need to write code on paper with pen. Undergraduates seems not welcomed. Questions were not so hard.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2018
Interview
Easy But Have to prepare. I first met with someone for a quick 30 minute interview where she asked me 2 coding questions. Then the final interview in Seattle, where they pay for your flight and expenses while there.