I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Dec 2015
Interview
Had an interview on my school campus and made it to the final round of interviews on Microsoft's campus. You sit in a room with about 20 other candidates and do about 5 interviews with different interviewers. After your interviews you get free lunch, free sweatshirts, free taxi vouchers.
Questions weren't too hard and I thought I did really well, but apparently I didn't stick out enough of the hundreds of people they were interviewing that day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Reverse a string. Write an algorithm to figure out who the winner of a tic-tac-toe board was. Addition using linked lists (each node holds one digit).
The interview was a long process. There was first the recruiter screen, which was followed by a 4-loop interview structure that covered technical, behavioral, and system design. The interviewers were very kind and accommodating.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
After my application to ClipChamp - Microsoft, a recruiter reached out and scheduled my first interview. It was about basic interview questions and background analysis. After that I had my technical interview. The recruiter specifically said that I would be facing medium hacker rank questions. So I prepared accordingly. However, what I actually got was to analyse an application and re work it according to new requirements. I felt like I was set up for failure on purpose. Didn’t even hear back after that interview.
Took a bit longer than I thought, spanning about three weeks from start to finish. After a quick recruiter screen, I had a technical round where I was asked about validating a binary search tree. The wild part is, I had literally seen this exact problem on prachub.com while prepping. It helped me feel more confident discussing my approach and edge cases. There was also a behavioral interview where I shared my experiences, and eventually, I received an offer. I chose to decline it, though, as it wasn't the right fit for me at the time.