I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2018
Interview
Interview process was pretty much standard.
1 or 2 phone interviews
An on-site interview where you will be meeting 4 or 5 interviewers (I met 4).
Questions were a combination of STAR pattern, System design, and job description based technical questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Break down of a product (Software product) or a component of the Software product
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Apr 2015
Interview
- 7 rounds of interviews.
- First 2 rounds were telephonic after which I had 5 in-person interviews.
- One round was with the hiring manager
- There is one round (they don't tell you which) where a senior employee screens you to determine your grade.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How will you design an incident and problem management system?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2013
Interview
two days of onsite, one hour 1-1 including lunch and a job talk;
Met with employees at several levels of the org, both within the group and in adjacent groups. Met with assistant to VP and speech writer. Gave a presentation on ten tech trends and delivered case studies on previous projects.