The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderabad) in Jun 2011
Interview
The company's interview procedure and schedule are very good. Make sure that you are able to write proper algorithms (bug free) and it covers all the scenarios and negative conditions. That adds more positive points on the candidate's side
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Apr 2011
Interview
Got contacted by MSFT and was first given a skills test to complete. It consisted of fairly easy CS questions. After that was the phone interview. I was expecting a lot of programming questions but surprisingly there were none. I was asked a couple qs about my experience, and of course Why MSFT, and after that a couple extremely general problem solving questions.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
You're developing a very basic calculator. How would you test it? What if it was aimed at children?
You work in the MSFT library and Bill Gates calls saying he wants to pick up a book. You check the catalog and confirm it's in stock. You tell Lord Gates that you will have the book ready for His Highness in 10 minutes. You go to where the book is on the shelf and find it's not there. What do you do?