I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2012
Interview
1) On Campus Interview (~30 mins)
- With an Associate Consultant from my city
- Some behavioral questions, 2 technical questions, 2 situation/problem questions
2) On Site Interview (full day w/ 4, 45 min interviews)
- 4 different interviewers in TAM/AC roles
- had to do a 3 minute pitch of myself to an HR person
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I have ping pong balls that I want to ship across the ocean in a freight ship. How many can you fit?
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Charlotte, NC) in Nov 2015
Interview
I applied on the site and based on my resume I was contacted to do a phone interview for the TAM & AC roles. It took a couple of months to setup a time for the phone interview which was pretty basic without any technical questions mostly behavior stuff. The next time I was contacted was about 3 weeks later and I was told that I would be moving on to the final round of interviews and I would be flown to Charlotte, NC. The night before there was a mingle diner where you can meet the other people getting interviewed and the interviewers. When I interviewed there were 49 other applicants and we were split into 2 groups a morning and afternoon group. I was in the morning and had 4 interviews with 15 minutes in between each interview. Most of my interviews went over so I actually had 4 back to back interviews. These interviews really depended on the person who was interviewing. They will try and get to know you so be prepared to tell them about school and work experience. I had one role play where the guy interviewing me asked for me to walk through how to handle an angry customer. You will be asked to give a presentation about anything you are passionate about, this presentation is done during one of your interviews but you wont know which until it happens. About a week later I got the phone call offering me the position. The whole interview process took about 3 months, my first recruiter was not very knowledgeable since she was a third party recruiter but once I got the Microsoft recruiters assigned to me they were very helpful.
I applied through college or university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Charlotte, NC) in Oct 2013
Interview
I gave my resume to an employee at a campus career fair and was contacted via email for a phone interview. During the phone interview, he asked me more open-ended questions to gauge my logic and thinking. I was contacted two weeks later via email inviting me to second round interviews.
There was a dinner the night before where you have the opportunity to meet the interviewers and ask questions. There were two groups of students of about twenty-five each, one in the morning and afternoon. There were four interviews that were very conversational, making it hard to gauge how an interviewer is evaluating me (in my opinion). My interviewers didn't ask me very much about my resume or technical questions, but encouraged me to ask questions. After the interviews, we were held in the waiting room for over an hour while they deliberated and were called out individually to either have another interview or put on a bus to go back to the hotel, meaning you didn't receive an offer.