I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
I was a referral and did a 30 min on campus interview through a recruiter. He asked about my previous experience and personal projects for the first 15 min and then he asked a technical questions for the last 15 min.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Connect each node of a binary tree to its same level right sibling.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Had a short behavioral chat about why CS and why Microsoft esp. what work at Microsoft I wanted to do and then 1 tech question. Interviewer was generally helpful and chill.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a 3x3x3 array, x,y,z coordinates of my next move and whether my character is a tic or a tac, tell me if i've won the 3d tic-tac-toe game
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2016
Interview
After doing an on-campus interview which lasted for 30 minutes, I got an invitation to attend an interview in Microsoft headquarters in Seattle. During the Seattle interview, there were 4 back-to-back interviews where the third one was a lunch interview and the last interview was with the manager of the team that I was assigned. 3 of the interviews asked data structure questions and one of them asked an object-oriented design question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For a given number, write an algorithm that can find its square root.