I applied through university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jan 2012
Interview
Applied online after meeting a recruiter at my school. Had a very informal behavioral phone interview with a lady in HR. Was invited down to Charlotte, NC for the weekend to meet other candidates and employees. After a night of dinner on them, it was about a 3 hour long process with 4 directors/managers that was a good mix of behavioral, experience and technical skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Populate a database and extract these types of records using these queries.
The interview begin with shortlisting candidate after which 2 rounds of interview rounds begin with first round as technical followed by Hiring Manager Round. The interview experience was smooth within the given time slot. The candidate need to join the teams calls with their recruitment team and get your interview done.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about the flexibility and growth mindset and introduced and cs fundamentals.
Well they asked more about DSA and the thought process, one of them went deep dive into my projects' codebase as well. The process was good they were happy and welcoming, though the process took more time than it should have.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How I built my project, the whole process from ideation to completion?
I applied through university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
There were 2 rounds in total. First was a technical round. Second was an HR round. In technical, DSA (sorting, linked lists), Java, DBMS and questions on the projects you have done mentioned in the given resume were asked. In HR behavioral and scenario based questions were asked.
