I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jun 2017
Interview
Recruiter contacted me via LinkedIn. Setup a phone interview with 3 different groups and 2 groups wanted to bring me on site for a final interview.
On-Site Interview with Group # 1:
Hiring manager expressed his desire openly to hire me at the end of an interview and he asked to meet the director (he was not on my interview schedule). It was a clear sign that they will extend me an offer based on hiring manager's feedback. But they disappeared completely after an on-site interview. Recruiter did not even bother to email me saying I am rejected. Totally unprofessional behavior after the interview.
Group # 2
Hiring manager was totally unprofessional. After each interview with his team members, he asked me to wait outside conference room and checked with the interviewer how I performed. One of the interviewer did not even book a conference room for an interview, instead he walked me over their entire building to find a break room where we can sit and discuss. Eventually he found an open floor white board where tons of ppl walk by every minute and he asked me to write a code on that white board while other ppl walking by looking at what I am doing. Really? I work in Fortune 100 company but never seen this type of unprofessional interview. I totally hate the hiring manager and the group, so I was not expecting to get a positive response from this group.
Overall Microsoft has a tendency to interview tons of ppl but that does not necessarily mean they are actively looking to hire someone right away. So don't go with a feeling that you will get an offer if you are prepared. I think I did exceptionally well with Group # 1 (technically, behavior, leadership and management discussions) but they disappeared completely.
I had a totally unprofessional on-site interview experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Resume, Technical, Behavioral, Leadership and Management
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderabad) in Aug 2017
Interview
The interview was nicely planned and HR guys will be in touch with you until interview date. The interview will nearly start at the time given to you.
Comprised of 3 - 4 technical rounds based on your feedback. This may include design round. In my case, they were all algorithmic rounds.
Difficulty level increases with the rounds: Last round for me was very difficult.
Topics they covered: -
Second Round:- 3 DS & Algo problems
1). merging multiple linked list so that they could be flattened.
2). Searching a number in sorted and rotated list.
3). Implementation of phone book & discussion.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jul 2017
Interview
I applied for the Sr. Software Engineer position in azure group and got a call within a month. The recruiter arranged for a phone interview which consisted of couple of technical questions which I answered perfectly within an hour. Everything went well from my end but to my disappointment I did not hear back neither from the recruiter nor the interviewer. I have interviewed for more than 5 times and did really good in almost all of them but no response whatsoever. I just don't get how things roll in this company! No communication or feedback, an absolute disrespect for candidates time. What kind of insecure people are interviewing candidates here? I hope the manager or a shadow person was present with the interview so as to minimize such bias. I hope this actually is taken up by the HR and good talent is not lost due to some insecure people at the company.
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