I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2015
Interview
On campus booth, quick chat.
Then I did an on campus in person interview. We discussed my CV and my previous projects for a while then I was asked one question, which wasn't very hard.
Then I did a full day in house interview in Redmond. I went through 5 interviews in total, they all followed the same pattern.
- Discussion about CV
- Describe your previous projects
- Some included behavioral questions
- One or two technical questions, Data structures and algorithms.
- Some asked domain specific questions, like testing etc.
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Positive experience
Average interview
Application
I interviewed at Microsoft (Rome)
Interview
The first was a talk with the recruiter, then an online assignment with Leetcode Medium type of question. Finally, the 3 round interview with system design, coding and low level design
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had a conflict with a colleague.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA)
Interview
The Onsite consisted of 2 system design questions and 2 technical questions. This rounds were back to back and they weren't actually ordered, I thought I was doing to be doing technical first but was hit with design at the start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The design questions made sense for the role (unfortunately I was not aware of the role since I was a general applicant). The two technical questions were not on leetcode but custom questions the interviewers had which were actually not bad.
Five rounds of interview with mostly leetcode medium or hard level problems. It included one design round typical to game design rather than system design. The interview I participa\ted was part of hiring event.
