I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2009
Interview
Be prepared for the questions about your past experience in details as much as possible.
If you mentioned any strong part in your remsume, i.e. SQL Server, you should spend at least 1 weeks full time study on that before interview and ready for hard questions on that.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Write a function to list all documents under your C: drive.
Phone interview and then in person with a group. Process moved fairly quickly. Team fit questions and coding questions on the white board. Study up for all basic knowledge skills and some complex problems.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jul 2017
Interview
I applied through a college recruiter. I initially had a phone screening, followed by an in-person interview by the recruiter, before finally having an in-person technical interview.
Phone screen lasted 30 minutes. Recruiter interview 30 minutes. Technical interview 1 hour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Miscellaneous questions regarding operational knowledge of software and hardware involved in the specific position I was applying for. Design an algorithm to isolate and filter data.
