I applied through college or university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Interviewed on my campus first for a TAM/AC position. Went apparently well enough to fly down to Charlotte for an all-day interview process! Four Interviews, all about you personally and what you can contribute to Microsoft. I didn't get that position actually but they saw fit for me to be a Support Engineer. I then did three phone interviews and the next day was offered the position. It was my dream job so naturally I accepted!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had to design an efficient house, how would you do it?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Fargo, ND) in Oct 2014
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter on Linkedin. I conducted a phone interview about a week later, I thought I did pretty bad, but I got an email saying they wanted to fly me out to Fargo, ND for a final interview.
I was flown out, and Microsoft paid for everything, rental, flight, hotel, food, etc... First night they picked up all of us (about 30) and took us for dinner, there was an open bar. The next day the group was split between morning and evening interviews. I had 4 Interviews, each between 30-45 mins. All were behavioral type interviews. The interviewers were really nice. Some people had technical interviews as well. Ranging from SQL to Programming. We were fed lunch and snacks.
I was called the next day and told that I wasn't being given an offer.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru) in Feb 2012
Interview
College hire. We had a pool of 6 colleges come over to our college to attend the interviews
6 rounds to clear over 1-2 days(depends)
a.Written round - 4 subjects (English language , Programming , General maths and problem solving)
b.Group discussion - Topic for us was bing vs google
c.Technical interviews - 2 rounds (Interview sheet was divided into categories -OS, Networking d.,Programming languages oops and C, java , basic troubleshooting(general))
e.2 HR interviews - to let us know what the job actually is (and check if we are okay with night shifts)
About 7 of us were selected out of 500. Every round needs to be cleared to go to the next round