I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Sep 2018
Interview
I applied through my school's career fair. The recruiter followed up with an on-campus interview. It was all behavioral questions, even though I was interviewing for a SWE position. Then, I moved onto the final round right away.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a technical project you worked on? How would you break it down to a person with no technical background? (Use a whiteboard.)
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2018
Interview
Received a DM on LinkedIn from a Microsoft recruiter, saying that she was impressed with my profile and asked me to apply to Microsoft's SWE/PM internship. I applied and messaged her back telling her I applied online. Got an on campus interview request 4 days letter.
On campus interview was 15 minutes behavioral followed by 15 minute technical coding question. Got the onsite interview 10 days later, scheduled it 3 weeks from the call day (to give myself time to prep). Went onsite to Redmond, interviewed four rounds for Azure/Windows, and got the offer 9 days later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 string/array questions, 1 hashmap question, 1 system design question, 1 sorting question, 1 expression tree question, 1 trie question.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2018
Interview
Invited for an on campus interview, then after doing well I was flown out to Redmond, Washington for an onsite. There were 4 back to back interviews, each with a different person and an hour long. About 10 minutes behavioral and the rest of time spent coding on a whiteboard.