I applied through university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Oslo) in Dec 2016
Interview
I applied through a university recruiter late august and got a phone interview in 3 weeks. It was a basic get to know you and a brain teaser. The next stage was assesment center which i attended via skype because of some clerical mistakes on Microsoft's side. The assessment center was 3 interviews (can be 4) each lasting about 45 mins with 15 mins break. The interviews had live coding via collabedit website.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Merge 2 sorted arrays A and B
Result should end up in B, which has available space for all items
Utilize the space in B, not using temporary arrays
Result in sorted array in B
A { 2, 5, 8, 12, 15}
B { 3, 5, 7, 9, , , , , , }
Given a tree, write a serializer for it. Ensure it can be reconstructed from it as well
class Node
{
public Node Left;
Public Node Right;
Public byte[] Data;
}
It started with a 90-minute online assessment, followed by a technical phone screen with one engineer. The OA covered two medium-to-hard algorithm problems. For coding practice, I mainly rely on "LeetCode" to cover different topics. For company-specific interview preparation, I use "Hack2Hire", "LeetCode Discuss", and "1Point3Acres" to find any recent original questions. All of them are helpful platforms. The phone screen included one coding problem and some discussion around edge cases and time complexity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a list of meeting time intervals, determine if a person could attend all meetings.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft in Dec 2024
Interview
I was invited to a technical interview with Microsoft. The interviewer started with a general question: “What happens when you type google.com into your browser?” They asked a few follow-up questions related to that.
After that, they gave me a LeetCode algorithmic question, which was at a hard level. The problem was “Integer to English Words.”
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What happens when you type google.com into your browser?
2. “Integer to English Words” – LeetCode algorithmic question
Three tech interviews + one hiring manager VO, most of questions are medium to hard leetcode questions. Ask some questions about techniques you written on the resume. But I think they care more about the match of the research and the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about the recommendation System you made for the work.
