I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Sept 2021
Interview
Was referred by someone. Hiring manager reached out for phone interview. Phone interview was completely behavioral for 50 mins. Was informed to move to next round within 2 days. But the next round was scheduled 2 weeks later. Scheduling delays. 5 rounds of interview. 2 technical and 3 behavioral. One of the interviewers asked me to explain something challenging i have faced, when I explained, he was like what the hell is challenging in this. Maybe it was supposed to be a stress interview but my confidence was shaken up a bit by that. Overall went well. Would give 4/5. But I was strung along for more than a month with ghosting from recruiter and finally got a reject. Microsoft is such a good company but I fail to understand why after repeated feedback about how much their recruiters suck, they don’t do anything to improve it.
5 rounds of interview- 1 hour each. Logical questions related to the role and previous experience. Every interviewer was calm, kind and knowledgeable. The process was quick. The schedule was on time.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
I first had a discussion with the hiring manager and then 3 short interviews with 3 different people that'd I'd be likely working with regularly. The interviews were focused on cultural attributes -- growth mindset, customer obsesses, diverse and inclusive, and finally One Microsoft.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a mistake you made and how you learned from it.
The Interview process was intense. I interview for the Bing Ads team and the questions were quite technical regarding experimentation and A/B testing. Focused on the publisher prespective and how the experimentation platform was built. Not much behaviourial questions were asked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you define sample size for experimentation?
