I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Providence, RI) in Nov 2019
Interview
I was interviewed in person at my university for about an hour. The interviewer asked questions about myself and my background (past jobs and classes) and a few conceptual coding questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Conceptually describe what a list is (pointers etc)
Had a coding round which was Leetcode based questions and many people failed in the first round. It was on-campus drive and only one person made to final round. He went through technical interview, HR interview and landed the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Leetcode questions, coding question in prefered coding language
Stage 1: Take-Home Assessment – A 1-hour coding assignment consisting of two technical questions (one Easy and one Medium).
Stage 2: Virtual Interview Day – A Zoom-based interview day comprising three consecutive interviews.
Star method completely end to end with 3 interviews in the same day. It was online and then we were split into rooms. You mess up one and you mess up all