I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Los Angeles, CA) in Oct 2019
Interview
It was a quick 30 minute initial screen, so time was limited. But the interviewer did the best they could to assess my skills. I found the experience insightful and feel confident in moving on to the next round next time I apply.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Initially asked me how I would delegate tasks to a server for fair load balancing. Then I had to implement said method as a c++ class (using templates).
A leetcode style test with three problems, then three interviews with different managers ( for each it was a coding problem and behavioral questions). Each interview was 1 hour long
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How do I react and handle a conflict situation at work
I applied through their website with a referral, after a month or so they sent me a home exam, I think about a month after that i had 3 interviews in the same day, each one around 1:15 hours.
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Question 1
implement a dictionary where you have set,get and setAll, all in O(1)
The hiring process consists of a HackerRank home exam, followed by three technical interviews covering LeetCode-style problems and system architecture. Once this is done, you will have a final HR interview.
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I had a technical interview where I was asked to solve the classic 'Climbing Stairs' problem (LeetCode #70), which is a dynamic programming question based on the Fibonacci sequence.