I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (College Station, TX) in Feb 2012
Interview
Campus interview in career center. one to one environment. lasted 30 minutes. The interviewer indicated at the beginning that the interview will be fast pace and various kinds of questions will be answered. There were no questions regarding my resume. I was asked some two coding questions, two knowledge based questions, and two open questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you explain internet to a five year old?
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2013
Interview
Met Microsoft at a career fair. Had an on campus first round interview and 6 weeks later was contacted about going to Seattle for the final round. The entire interview process took around 2.5-3 months
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given any number break it down into a multiplication of all prime numbers ie 8 => 2 x 2 x 2. Shift an array by x spots in place. Design and test a file backup system.