I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2015
Interview
Including the HR, there are 5 rounds, interview involves system design and algorithms. The algorithms are typical questions, and the system design is highly related to my resume and the dept's responsibility.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
a question related to how to handle the failure of a data input channel
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Boston, MA) in Oct 2015
Interview
I dropped my resume at the career fair, and a couple of days later I got an on campus interview. During the interview, first was technical question, then was behavioral question
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Traverse a binary search tree with recursion and iteration
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Champaign, IL) in Feb 2014
Interview
He briefly went over my resume, and asked some behavioral questions like what would you do if you cant focus on your work. Then he gave one interview question described in below, and I had 15 minutes to solve the question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coin algorithm - I forgot the exact number, but we had 1, 5, 10, 25 cents and based on the number of cents, calculate the least number of coins to achieve the given values.