I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Cambridge, MA) in Mar 2015
Interview
My hiring manager was very proactive; interviewed me before the recruiter did. For this role I had a phone screen with a recruiter (15 min), two hour-long phone conversations with the hiring manager, and a "finals day" of in-person interviews with four different people with whom I would be working (one of which was the hiring manager).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked several times about comfort level or experience navigating a large organization.