The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2009
Interview
two on-campus interviews - one was a typical HR interview to gauge my interest in MS. Other was a technical interview going over my previous projects, which groups I'd be interested in working with, a few algorithm questions.
Q's: reverse a string in place, reverse the words in the string in place, test your solution
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Apr 2010
Interview
Received an email from college recruitment, and they scheduled a 30 minute phone interview. The interview consisted of developer, tester, situational, and psychological questions. The psychological questions consisted of what I want to do and why I want to work the company. They also asked my opinion on what makes good code.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2010
Interview
Submitted Resume to Career Fair, one on-Campus interview, one on-site interview. 5 1:1 interviews in a single day, very exhaustive. Have to write codes for every single one, answer general CS questions, design questions, and questions about past projects.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
How would you design the RSS functionality for a cellphone if the cellphone is placed behind a firewall.