Really easy and chill. Phone call followed by two onsite interviews. Phone interview is super trivial, hardest part is probably getting selected for it. The onsite interviews are lit because they give you a sick food allowance to get room service at the hotel, so you can grab a handle and get busy with the other interviewees over a steak dinner
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2019
Interview
Reached out to by a recruiter on LinkedIn, who set up a first round interview with a Microsoft Engineer coming to my college. Interview was kind of wacky, and he didn't ask me questions, I had to bring up my experiences on my own. A couple weeks later got flown out to their Seattle campus for a tour and 2 back to back hybrid technical/behavioral interviews. Coding portion was very manageable. Had a deadline coming up, so they got me a decision in only 3 days. Overall a good experience and had a lot of fun exploring Seattle for a day!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you faced a difficult technical challenge and how you overcame it
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv) in Dec 2020
Interview
The interview was in 2 parts:
1. Coding test at home in Codility-contains 3 questions in intro computer science style. 1 easy question and 2 hard questions
2. personal interview through skype in English
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. describe the difficulties you had in a project
2. describe recursion to a kid