I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Guwahati) in Dec 2018
Interview
I got a pre placement offer from Microsoft India when i was doing my internship there in May 2018. Once an IIT student gets a PPO from Microsoft he/she is eligible for on campus interview for Microsoft Redmond.
I had a 1:1 interview. The interviewer flew from Microsoft Redmond. I was asked 4 questions and the interview was about 1-1.5 hrs. He saw my CV and we discussed it, mostly projects. I was asked DS, Algo problems with average difficulty and i had to write the code on paper and 2 difficult problems on OS.
Expect a lengthy hiring process that can take at least two months from start to finish. In my experience, there was approximately one month of interviews followed by another month waiting for the final decision. Be prepared for a slow timeline, especially after completing all interview stages.
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Question 1
Tell me about a time where have above and beyond for a customer
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne)
Interview
After submitting an online application, I received a HackerRank assessment after passing the resume screening stage, then I was rejected after completing the assessment and did not proceed to further interview rounds.
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Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform