I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Athen, , Attika) in Jul 2021
Interview
Recruiter called me and informed me about this opportunity. So after initial discussion, recruiter arrange me an interview via teams. Interviewers were friendly. The interview was about an hour long
I applied through other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bellevue, WA) in Dec 2021
Interview
1. First contact through linkedin
2. Phone interview with an HR recruiter
3. full day interview with 4 person
4. feedback from the manager
5. offer
6. time to provide the answer
During the interview, I have been ask multiple question related to system design, scalabilities and software safety.
I had a few technical difficulties with the Microsoft teams software which reduce the interview time and did not allow me to be fairly interviewed, even if I received an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
System design, algoritmique and behaviral questions
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
After initial screening interview, I was invited to a full day of interviews on spot. It took place on a working day. I was interviewed by 5 people. I found this all being way too much for one hiring process. The interviewers were very nice though and I had a lunch with local manager. Most of interviews were standard engineering questions. Last interview I personally completely disliked, because it was not so much of a technical one, but obscure task that had no right or wrong answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe sorting algorithms you know.
Construct a linked list
Last and obscure question: imagine you have an island and have task to fit an airport with 4 runways on it. How would you start? (Not sure how this shows if I am a good engineer or not)