I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2011
Interview
first round interview for software development engineer position. the scheduling process was fairly straightforward. i answered a questionnaire they sent me.
interview was in the university's career services center.
met one on one with a project manager for a half hour. talked for a little while about my background and the job opportunity. then he asked me to write a boolean method to find out if something is a power of 2.
after the interview i didnt hear back for about 2 weeks, at which point i got an email.
Overall it was relatively streamlined, there were some hiccups along the way, but seeing as it didnt go very far it didnt matter so much.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
write a boolean method to find out if a number is a power of 2
It started with a 90-minute online assessment, followed by a technical phone screen with one engineer. The OA covered two medium-to-hard algorithm problems. For coding practice, I mainly rely on "LeetCode" to cover different topics. For company-specific interview preparation, I use "Hack2Hire", "LeetCode Discuss", and "1Point3Acres" to find any recent original questions. All of them are helpful platforms. The phone screen included one coding problem and some discussion around edge cases and time complexity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a list of meeting time intervals, determine if a person could attend all meetings.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft in Dec 2024
Interview
I was invited to a technical interview with Microsoft. The interviewer started with a general question: “What happens when you type google.com into your browser?” They asked a few follow-up questions related to that.
After that, they gave me a LeetCode algorithmic question, which was at a hard level. The problem was “Integer to English Words.”
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What happens when you type google.com into your browser?
2. “Integer to English Words” – LeetCode algorithmic question
Three tech interviews + one hiring manager VO, most of questions are medium to hard leetcode questions. Ask some questions about techniques you written on the resume. But I think they care more about the match of the research and the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about the recommendation System you made for the work.
