Interview Question for Software Development Engineer Intern at Microsoft:

Two steps

1- comparing 1st two elements you can probably say if it's ascending or descending. Or you could ask your interviewer.
2. Once you know the sorting order you can use below logic
public int HowManyRotation(int input)
{
countRotation = 0;

for(int i = 0; i < arraylength - 1 ; i++)
{
if(a[i] < a[i+1] ) ==> ascending order. reverse this for desceding order
{
countRotation = countRotation + 1;
}
if(a[i] > a[i + 1] ==> id change in sorting. reverse this for descending order.
{
countRotation = countRoration + 1;
break;
}
}
}
}

return countRotation;
}