I applied through university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Dec 2015
Interview
I really enjoyed interviewing for the Explore Microsoft Internship! The process took about three months. First, I dropped off my resume at the Computer Science Career Fair at my university, and was contacted a few weeks later to do a quick phone interview. The phone interview was mostly behavioral and not too difficult. A few weeks after the phone interview, I was contacted to do an onsite interview at Microsoft in Redmond.
The trip to Washington took three days, and Microsoft paid for absolutely everything - my flight, my hotel, my taxi rides, a generous meal budget, and a tourism stipend. The first day was primarily travel, followed by an informal dinner on campus with other interview candidates. The second day I was scheduled to interview in the afternoon after lunch. I did three interviews in three hours. The first was technical (coding on the whiteboard), the second a mix of technical and behavioral, and the third behavioral. I heard from other candidates that the type interviews and questions asked varied a lot. On the third day, I had a little time to tour Seattle before I took a flight home.
A week after the interview, a recruiter called and offered me an internship. Their offer was quite generous, and I was happy to accept.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2023
Interview
Applied online as a 2nd year CS student in 2023 Fall. Scheduled virtual technical interview. It was a big Microsoft Teams call that had many other students in the same call. We would enter breakout rooms at a specific time to conduct our interviews.
First round: Phone call; only behavioral. October Second round: 3-5 panel of engineers (technical) Hear back by November - December. Got an email a couple of weeks after submitted application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Favorite technology? How would you improve it? Least favorite technology? ^. Explain a computer to a 7 year old.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Los Angeles, CA) in Nov 2021
Interview
The interview process was overwhelming for me because it was like my first main behavioral interview i was experiencing, let me just say i was over thinking it.
It ended up being really chill and communicative.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What is your expected date of graduation?
2. Have you decided on a major?
3. Why Computer Science/ Technology?
4. Tell me about a time you worked in a team?
5. What is your least and favorite TECHNOLOGY?
6. How can you explain technology to a toddler?
Then for the last question she specifically said it was an open ended question.
7. How would create a phone book.