I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at MicroStrategy (Tysons Corner, VA) in Jun 2017
Interview
Initial contact was very quick, they scheduled me for a phone screen and I accepted. The phone call started fine, but after I mentioned my skills and the various projects I have worked on, the interviewer challenged my capabilities by belittling my achievements. "Look, I really want to show you to our technical team, but you haven't shown me that you know anything about programming. You have not shown me that you have technical skills." Bear in mind, I had brought up my experiences will C++, Java, Python, object oriented structures/methodologies, packet analysis, front-end and backend processes, RESTful APIs, various operating systems, etc... The caller pressed that although she was a recruiter, she had "a degree in computer science" and that "based on your (my) capabilities I do not see how you can claim to have the experiences you have had." I was appalled, but she said she would set me up with a programming exercise so the team could evaluate me further. I declined to continue.
Note to HR -- don't belittle your candidates and their capabilities. It does not set a good precedent. If you aren't getting the questions you want answered in the way you want them to, then rephrase them instead of accusing talented people that they "know nothing."
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at MicroStrategy (Tysons Corner, VA) in Mar 2017
Interview
Very quick. Had to do an online assessment of like 5 different subjects (Business, design, verbal, programming, and one more I think). Each online assignment takes about 20-25mins to complete. Onsite was a very good experience as everyone was super nice and friendly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Simple Questions about object oriented programming
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at MicroStrategy (Tysons Corner, VA) in Mar 2017
Interview
3 interviews on-site, each interview was about 20-30 minutes
1) Present a coding project, explain why you chose it, show how it works.
2) The tell me about yourself part
3) Technical questions (I had 3 questions)
Then they provided lunch for us
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Gave different scenarios of when you would need to use different types of data structures, i.e. when would a HashTable be used and how to make sure then there is similar data, how could you have unique keys.