I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2014
Interview
I was invited to phone screen and completed it within the week. I was told that everything looked good and that they'd get back to me but that I should prepare for an on-campus technical interview. After hearing nothing back for months, I tried to reach out and was told that the position was already taken that I'd been considered for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time that you had to reevaluate something that didn't work.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Dec 2014
Interview
I had an on campus interview and then a full day of interviews in Redmond, WA. I interviewed with engineers working on a bunch of projects - Azure, Visual Studio, compilers, and others.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions covered fundamental CS concepts: implementing data structures, programming language specific(from my resume), algorithms, Security
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne) in Aug 2015
Interview
It was a campus interview, and it lasted around 30 minutes. During the first 15 minutes, the interviewer asked many questions based on my resume. After that I was asked to write a short programme on paper. The process was very intensive, and you had to respond fast.