I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublín, Dublín) in May 2022
Interview
The interviewer overall made me feel very comfortable and welcome. He first asked general questions about myself like how I heard about the job, my expected graduation date, etc. He asked about why I chose microsoft, about projects I've worked on, and gave me a problem to solve. I was not asked to code. The emails where I was invited to the interview gave me resources that suggested I would need to know much, much more than was actually asked of me in this interview.
I applied through their website with a referral, after a month or so they sent me a home exam, I think about a month after that i had 3 interviews in the same day, each one around 1:15 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
implement a dictionary where you have set,get and setAll, all in O(1)
The hiring process consists of a HackerRank home exam, followed by three technical interviews covering LeetCode-style problems and system architecture. Once this is done, you will have a final HR interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I had a technical interview where I was asked to solve the classic 'Climbing Stairs' problem (LeetCode #70), which is a dynamic programming question based on the Fibonacci sequence.
One HR interview, then two problem-solving interviews (beginer level) on HackerRank. You can choose the best programming language for you to use in solving problems. You should think out loud to enable your interviewer to understand how you would think to solve the problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the lowest difference between two numbers in a list