I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft
Accepted offer
Positive experience
Difficult interview
Application
I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Mar 2020
Interview
Very practical, it was a 4 step process:
1. University recruitment center which asked some background questions and some general questions about computer science (like what are script tests, and what is recursion)
2. Personal manager - some computer science and data science questions.
3. , 4. - Higher positional managers - personalty interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Devise an algorithm/model that accepts text as an input (social media posts) and needs to determine whether it is fake or not. The dataset at your disposal, which should be used for training, has additional information about each post (like the number of comments). In some cases, some of the data is missing, How would you handle something like this?
Three rounds back to back of behavioral questions and an in depth dive of my projects where they pressed me on the logic of every decision I made. Very minimal coding.
3 Rounds of interviews, Technical and HR combined, mostly ask about ML Fundamentals, SQL queries, and Project details. Shortlisting criteria not defined. They ask about what you've done and what problems you faced etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about how you implemented the LSTM model for time series data
Had 3 rounds of interviews, all on the same day. Two rounds consisted of behavioral questions. One round was technical. Heard back from them within a week. The organiser also scheduled a call to give feedback after the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical questions along with behavioral questions
