The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2009
Interview
During the on-site interview I went into 3 1:1 interviews where I was asked a technical question in each one. The interview with each one started similar, by asking me about myself and general behavior questions. The technical questions were all asking to create an algorithm to solve a simple scenario.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2010
Interview
I submitted my resume on the career fair in Sep and then got the recruiter contact me for on-campus interview at end of october. I was given a form to choose between three roles: developer, tester and program manager. I chose to interview as a developer.
Asked about the basic data structure and algorithm questions. It has two coding questions. One is ask about how to reverse an array in place. The other is to find the number of repeated words in a string.