I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2016
Interview
Lots of candidates, lots of rounds. The managers did a good job of shepherding around the candidates but it was easy to feel lost in a room of 100 people. In addition, it was frustrating that not a lot of the people who you talk to say anything more about their job than "I work on the Bing team" and general stuff like that.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Dec 2014
Interview
A 45min phone interview with some basic questions like puzzles, design. Then got onsite. 5 one-hour coding interviews in total with specific team. Last round was with hiring manager. He was really awesome. So decided to take the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
count of longest consecutive integers in an array; BFS search.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderabad) in Sep 2012
Interview
Focus on data structures and programming. Had 3 rounds starting with an analytical round focused on very easy programming problems, 2nd round had 1:1 interview, 3rd round was an HR interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find an integer in an unsorted linked list without using double link.