I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jan 2012
Interview
Was initially contacted by a recruiter from my LinkedIn profile. Consistently well-organized and professional process. Three phone interviews - the first describing how they felt my experience fit the position and the last two were more technical ensuring that I knew the product architecture using specific customer scenarios. I was then flown out to an office and had three seperate on-site interviews that focused mostly on consulting skill set. It was a well performed conversational interview process and a low-stress experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you delt with a difficult customer - what what the situation and how did you deal with it?
I went through three rounds of interview and was informed by a director that he wanted to hire me. Never got the off letter reach back out to the recruiter ghosted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you deal with adversity and the Microsoft culture tree
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Rome)
Interview
1st step with HR: current status and motivation to change
2nd step technical: real case problem to manager and showcase of a personal project
3rd step hiring manager - software skills oriented
It was quite difficult and entailed many steps in the process. I was asked a lot of practical questions and theoreticals. I was asked to describe my background quite briefly before thet moved on