I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2014
Interview
Phone interview. Have a call lasts 30 minutes. All of the questions are behavior questions. 1. past experience. 2.resume. 3.the most difficult problem in the career or study 4.the difference between the mean and median. 5. Q&A scission. introduce the job function, which team, and job title. The interview difficulty is average.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
behavior question: past experience, resume, the most difficult problem in the career
Received an email from recruiter after submitting application on their site. The Recruiter did not use a valid email address to initiate contact or set up the phone call. This made it difficult to confirm the time for the call or ask any questions. I eventually Had to contact the general service desk to communicate that I had no way of reaching the recruiter. After receiving contact from the recruiter, I had to configure an awkward conferencing software on my phone. After entering the conference the recruiter indicated that it was mandatory for me to turn on a digital camera for the interview to proceed. Since I was in an awkward position, and not wearing a suit, the camera was not an option. Considering that the recruiter refused to share details about the position without a webcam session I decided to discontinue my application.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2015
Interview
I received an email requesting that I answer a few basic math and probability questions. It was 25 minutes timed-- pretty straight forward, nothing too difficult. A week and a half later, I had a phone call with a Project Manager in CA. 30 minutes long- 3 questions. The first and second were situational, the third was a basic probability question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There are 6 marbles in a bag - 1 is white. You reach in the bag 100 times. After drawing a marble, it is placed back in the bag. What is the probability of drawing the white marble at least once?