I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (New York, NY) in Sept 2019
Interview
I got an email on handshake asking me to schedule an on-campus interview since Microsoft was coming to our college campus. I had applied to Microsoft a month earlier.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer asked about the most interesting project I did on my resume. Then he went to technical questions. Technical question: Which one is faster/efficient: Java or Python? Why? Algorithm question: Sort a Big file whose data can't be loaded into memory all at once.
I applied through their website with a referral, after a month or so they sent me a home exam, I think about a month after that i had 3 interviews in the same day, each one around 1:15 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
implement a dictionary where you have set,get and setAll, all in O(1)
The hiring process consists of a HackerRank home exam, followed by three technical interviews covering LeetCode-style problems and system architecture. Once this is done, you will have a final HR interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I had a technical interview where I was asked to solve the classic 'Climbing Stairs' problem (LeetCode #70), which is a dynamic programming question based on the Fibonacci sequence.
I interviewed at Microsoft (Cairo, Cairo Governorate)
Interview
One HR interview, then two problem-solving interviews (beginer level) on HackerRank. You can choose the best programming language for you to use in solving problems. You should think out loud to enable your interviewer to understand how you would think to solve the problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the lowest difference between two numbers in a list