I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Ithaca, NY) in Sep 2013
Interview
I submitted my resume in a campus career fair. In the career fair the person interviewed me told me that hardware position are very limited this year and encouraged me to apply for a low level programmer position. I received an email asking me to schedule a on campus interview after 2 days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Ask me to write program on paper to find a missing number in a sorted array.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne)
Interview
After submitting an online application, I received a HackerRank assessment after passing the resume screening stage, then I was rejected after completing the assessment and did not proceed to further interview rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform
Straightforward technical loop overall, with strong interviewers at every stage. I genuinely enjoyed the in-depth conversations around technical challenges and algorithmic problem-solving — the entire process felt well-structured and genuinely engaging.