I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Had a short behavioral chat about why CS and why Microsoft esp. what work at Microsoft I wanted to do and then 1 tech question. Interviewer was generally helpful and chill.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a 3x3x3 array, x,y,z coordinates of my next move and whether my character is a tic or a tac, tell me if i've won the 3d tic-tac-toe game
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2016
Interview
After doing an on-campus interview which lasted for 30 minutes, I got an invitation to attend an interview in Microsoft headquarters in Seattle. During the Seattle interview, there were 4 back-to-back interviews where the third one was a lunch interview and the last interview was with the manager of the team that I was assigned. 3 of the interviews asked data structure questions and one of them asked an object-oriented design question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For a given number, write an algorithm that can find its square root.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Phoenix, AZ) in Oct 2017
Interview
Got an email a couple weeks after career fair saying they wanted to interview me. It was a 30 minute in-person, 1v1 interview on campus (this was today).
The whole interview was "Tell me about yourself", do this 20 minute coding problem, and "do you have any questions for me?" Needless to say, not what I was expecting. No behavioral questions at all. Just those three that I mentioned above.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given two single-linked lists, one merges into the other at a random node. Find the node where the two lists merge.