I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Atlanta, GA) in Jan 2021
Interview
The interview was just a technical 30 minute interview where you live program. Once you joined the zoom, they asked only a few behavioral questions. Once 5 minutes of behavior questions were done, that's when you begin the technical interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was all technical programming where you did a live programming with a prompt
Overall positive experience. I interviewed in person (in 2019). The interviewers were very positive and I was able to ask plenty of questions about their experiences. The questions were about leetcode medium difficulty, as well as some behavioral and prior project questions.
Coding task with 3 challenges (medium-hard) and a Skype interview with a recruited which took about 20 minutes. Generally a good interview process, but I have been now waiting for the reply for 4 weeks. So the reply time is the only thing that could be improved.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Explain recursion to a 5-year old.
2. What have you most recently heard about Microsoft in the news?