I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2015
Interview
Interviewed with a manager with technical backgrounds for 30 minutes. Asked about past experience on resume, description of what you did...etc, then asked to find least common parent given two nodes in a BST. The overall experience was nice, I was a little nervous when answering the questions.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Campus) in Nov 2014
Interview
I applies online and gave a college recruiter my resume. They took about 2 months to respond, saying they wanted to interview me. The interview seem a little rushed and the interviewers seemed bored. The interviewer was somewhat laid back but I was still extremely nervous. Also was a little informal which can be nice.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
1) Resume screening.
2) Online assessment.
3) Pre recorded interview.
4) Technical Telephone interview.
5) Assessment center.
Sent my resume with a bunch of questions. Frame answers well. The online assessment involves - situational questions etc, Pre recorded interview consists of 8 questions with about 20 secs to think of an answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Microsoft? What value would you bring as an intern ?
Any additional projects apart from academics?
Describe a time when...?
Other situational questions?
Hexadecimal of 20, Max value in 6 bits, Code to find the value of the fourth bit in a byte? OOP etc..
Invited to the assessment center.