I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Feb 2022
Interview
I received an home assignment in codility, then i got an interview with the acquisition partner and i didnt pass it. but the feeling was good and it was a pleasure.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me wehy microsoft, what are the differences between stack, queue, and linked list. describe me what a thread is and what a multithread is.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2023
Interview
It sounded like a normal nice conversation. Behavioral was just about yourself and your resume. They asked normal Leetcode Style for both interviews. Overall, It felt like I wasn't nervous during the interview
Mostly focused on my project and System Design. The interviewer was friendly and made sure that I gave my best chance at it. The interviewer might be a little late to interviews some times and they might call you up abruptly to ask to join the interview meeting link.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain to me what you made. What is your favourite app In this app tell me about the features that you would like to add. If you were a part of the engineering team of this app, what difficulties you think would you face. How would you have solved those difficulties> Using OS Concepts explain to me how the database in this app would have worked. Explain how you would reduce the cost of profile retrieval for the app using OS concepts.