I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2011
Interview
My resume was forwarded to this group through a friend. The recruiter got in touch to schedule a phone screen. They scheduled an additional one.
First one focused on a string manipulation question and basic computer science, and OO concepts (stuff like threading basics, polymorphism). Also asked about work experience.
Second one focused a lot more on my understanding of memory allocation - had to point out challenges/errors on a given custom memory allocator. And another question was an array-of-integers-related question.
Was called onsite a week later. Had 5 rounds of interviews.
Questions based on a mix of understanding of Computer science concepts—such as multi-threading, client-server behavior, http basics, scalability etc—and algorithms/coding as well as testing ability.
Some of the coding related questions: reversal of sentence, sorting an array based on its modulo 'k' value, a 2-D array sorting related question.
I got the offer a week later and accepted it.
Interview questions [1]
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Lunch interview discussed a bit about my work. Rest of the interview, as mentioned above under interview process.
Expect technical deep dives, coding challenges, and problem-solving scenarios. Questions will probe your knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design, assessing your ability to build robust systems. yes yus yes
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jan 2024
Interview
Technical 3 round interview questions
Mangerial 1 round interview questions
Hr 1 round questions
But complex questions
All the best all the best best best very good option and good benefits
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Situational questions like reasoning for the approach
Nice and smooth the interviewer were really very helpful and knowledgeable also they try to help while giving interview and also when I have the interview they acknowledged if I was saying right or wrong so overall nice experience
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 coding rounds one on implementation and another on dsa