I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2012
Interview
I submitted my resume at the college career fair, heard back about a week later from someone from Kelly Services (Microsoft's outsourced hiring people). The Kelly Services person didn't seem very organized. But, she did finally get me scheduled for a 30 minute phone interview. My resume & experience is geared towards a software position, but they set me up for a hardware interview, so it didn't go well. It was a 30 minute phone interview with a Microsoft employee that was very difficult to understand (and who had trouble understanding me). The questions were all on caches, pipelines, and basic logic design (most of the questions were simple, but not things I remembered). Between him asking "What did you say?" and me asking him "what did you say?" the 30 minutes went very quick, and wasn't very productive.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2022
Interview
I had one 30 - minute interview. It was all technical and really straightforward. The interviewer was extremely nice. He asked questions from my resume and asked about my experiences and skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between an N-MOS and a P-MOS? How do they work? What happens when you apply a voltage to the gate of a P-MOS? What design decisions can you make while designing a PCBA that would reduce your power losses?
I applied through university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
45 minute on campus interview followed by a round-robin on-site interview, with everything payed for and even opportunities to explore the city. You should be very familiar with computer architecture, low-level software, computer systems, digital design, and design verification. Also, be prepared for behavioral questions and questions about your resume.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Draw and design the circuit and write SystemVerilog for a traffic controller.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2017
Interview
The interview process included one screening interview over the phone and a final round interview at the company headquarters in Redmond, WA. The final round consisted of 4 1 hour interviews back to back that consisted of both behavioral and technical questions related to the job description and role I applied for.