I applied through university. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Montreal, QC) in Nov 2015
Interview
The interview was done on campus, and the interviewer was really nice. It lasted for about an hour, and the interviewer started with some behavioural questions from the resume, then asked a technical question. He was really patient throughout the process. I received an email from the campus recruiter a couple days after the time they told me I would hear back from.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioural resume questions and write a code (in any language) to show how to deal with dropped packets in a communication application like Skype
The interview was a long process. There was first the recruiter screen, which was followed by a 4-loop interview structure that covered technical, behavioral, and system design. The interviewers were very kind and accommodating.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
After my application to ClipChamp - Microsoft, a recruiter reached out and scheduled my first interview. It was about basic interview questions and background analysis. After that I had my technical interview. The recruiter specifically said that I would be facing medium hacker rank questions. So I prepared accordingly. However, what I actually got was to analyse an application and re work it according to new requirements. I felt like I was set up for failure on purpose. Didn’t even hear back after that interview.
Took a bit longer than I thought, spanning about three weeks from start to finish. After a quick recruiter screen, I had a technical round where I was asked about validating a binary search tree. The wild part is, I had literally seen this exact problem on prachub.com while prepping. It helped me feel more confident discussing my approach and edge cases. There was also a behavioral interview where I shared my experiences, and eventually, I received an offer. I chose to decline it, though, as it wasn't the right fit for me at the time.