I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Fargo, ND) in Oct 2015
Interview
I was recruited out of college through LinkedIn and did not apply. The first round interview was a behavioral and general background interview. For the second - fourth interviews I was flown out to Fargo, ND where a group of MACH candidates was gathered for a meet & greet, then a day of interviews. I had four interviews that day each touching on parts of my resume. Be sure to be very familiar with the topics you put on your resume. At one point I was drawing on a board describing how I would best write parallel code for in a HPC setting.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Teach me how to tie a shoe... Assume the other individual is over the phone with no visual reference other than their own shoe.
Very much focused on group and social interactions, it lasted 1 full day through which we have underwent various exercises from pairing up with a partner and presenting ourselves for 5 minutes to rolling over pairs of managers, group exercises for product delivery and sales pitches as to why we would recommend a product to a several managers. Technical wise, very few questions were asked ( difference between TCP and UDP for example)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Your grandma calls you and she says her TV is turned on but the image is all static. How would you help her fix this through the phone ?
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Cyberport)
Interview
There are five stages in total, including online application, aptitude test, 24-hour job hack, panel interviews, GM interview (the final round). It takes around 3 months for the whole process.
first HR interview about an hour, a lot of personal questions. the second interview with HR person +3 interviewers. The interview was as scheduled, they were nice and helpful. Returned with an answer quickly
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell us about yourself, tell us about past experience, why do you want to work at Microsoft