I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jan 2013
Interview
Applied through Microsoft website for various positions. Got a first-round on-campus interview, without indication of what job I was applying for. Was contacted about 6 weeks later, saying I was being considered for the SDET position, and to set up a trip to the main campus in Redmond for final-round interviews. Final round took all day, had 4 different interviewers across multiple buildings on campus, along with a lunch interview. All expenses for trip were paid, including travel and lodging.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First interview question involved 3-D vectors and normalization. Was difficult because I had forgotten these concepts (I was a math major, but hadn't applied the knowledge in years).
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2013
Interview
This is an on-campus interview I got weeks after the job fair held in my school. There was one easy coding problem and some other behavior questions during the interview. The small coding question is to implement the insertion process of a binary search tree. After the implementation, the interviewee asked what is the worst case and best case for the insertion method.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What problems will you point out in any products of Microsoft if you're going to improve it?