I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft in May 2017
Interview
Microsoft recruitment team visited my university to screen resumes and select people to do a phone screen. Since I had an internal reeferal from a friend, they decided to skip the phone screen and I had an 1-on-1 on my university campus. I passed this first interview and they decided to book me a flight to do a on-site interview, which happened approximately 2 months after the first one. This second and final phase was much harder than the first one, I had 4 interviews with a 10-minutes break between each one. I received my offer right on spot, 10 to 15 minutes after my last interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about Object-Oriented Design, hash maps and matrix, binary trees and dynamic programming.
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.