I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Irvine, CA) in Oct 2017
Interview
I applied by giving my resume at a career fair in the university i'm studying at. I got an email back almost a week after wanting to schedule for an on-campus interview. The interview was 45 minutes: 15 minutes talking about my projects and skills and then 27 minutes for coding question on paper and 3 minutes for questions that i wanted to ask.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Favorite project (worked on a team, and was interesting to me)
technical questions:
1- have sorted array with empty places at end, want to add element, what to use?
2- have sorted array with empty places at end, want to add another sorted array to it, write the code in C++.
Was a typical first round recruiter screen - pretty straightforward but didn't end up getting moved vforwards. Prompt, Professional and overall a good experience. They asked me about my background, explained the role and it was with the recruitment team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your background going into detial in each role
Expect a lengthy hiring process that can take at least two months from start to finish. In my experience, there was approximately one month of interviews followed by another month waiting for the final decision. Be prepared for a slow timeline, especially after completing all interview stages.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where have above and beyond for a customer
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne)
Interview
After submitting an online application, I received a HackerRank assessment after passing the resume screening stage, then I was rejected after completing the assessment and did not proceed to further interview rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.