I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2012
Interview
Found the interview process quite slow, with infrequent communication from recruiters. Did not enjoy my on-campus interviewer, and think he pegged me wrong in the questions he asked. Also, allotted time for interview (25 minutes) was far, far too short to develop any meaningful picture of a candidate (me, or anyone else). I have not pursued Microsoft further as a result, and instead received offers from other major tech companies (Amazon, Google, etc).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No questions were particularly difficult or unexpected. Microsoft helped pioneer the now-standard "logic questions and code" interviews the top tech companies have generally adopted, and they still interview that way.
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.
