I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (San José, ) in Feb 2019
Interview
Quick and fair, it did not took too much time to be hired. The paperwork is extensive and make sure you are who you say. But very straight forward and no issues.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Firstly, it's unclear what type of job you will perform. It takes forever to get the HR interview, the whole process is too much waiting for me. The interview was very general, you could basically just say anything. Very standard, about confort zone, challenges, how to solve a problem.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Charlotte, NC) in Nov 2019
Interview
Two 45 minute interviews via teams. One was technical one was management. Overall fun interview and gave the feel like the company wanted to bring me on board. The questions where not over the top and if you didn't know the answer that was okay because they do not expect you to know everything.