I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2010
Interview
Phone screen didn't really consist of traditional programming problems, but was asked a lot of questions about my experience.
One HR screen, very typical questions; easy.
On site interview consists of 5 one-one interviews. 3 interviews before lunch were a mix of 1. going over my resume, and then 2. 1/2 - 2 hours programming / design question.
There's no way I could have studied for the questions they asked, but a good understanding algorithms, design patterns, and an expertise in the language of your choice (eg. C# or C++) will do you fine. Relax, be yourself, and get a nights sleep.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What did you think when you first saw the job description?
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.
