I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Feb 2017
Interview
Contacted by Microsoft recruiter and Was Invited for One hiring event with 4 interview rounds with Senior Software developers in Microsoft Redmond office. Engineers were nice and friendly. coding questions were to be done on white board.
I received verbal offer from Microsoft recruiter on second day but have not heard anything back in couple of months for further steps. Although engineers were great. Still very much scope of improving very slow and inconsistent recruitment process.
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.
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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.
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Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform