I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
First round of interview was a couple STAR questions then one technical question. Was invited on site and had four rounds of technical questions. No personal/STAR questions whatsoever. All of my interviewers were dead inside. I asked one interviewer how his day was going and he said “stressful”. None of them took notes and I think one of them came up with the questions on the spot. Very poor experience.
Applied online and ended up doing an on-campus interview. Showed up to an employee that seemed like he wanted no part in the hiring process, which is understandable but still kind of disheartening.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Vancouver, BC) in Nov 2018
Interview
The first stage for me was a phone call with a recruiter, asking me about my experience and past project experience as well as two small conceptual technical questions (no coding). Then from there, there were 4 onsite interviews where they were technical whiteboard interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Each interviewer asked whatever they wanted. Very similar to cracking the coding interview type questions.