I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Sep 2018
Interview
Applied online and was then invited to an on campus interview. I answered the questions correctly, provided thorough explanations out loud, and gave multiple solutions and analyzed their space and time efficiency . Asked the recruiter about my performance at the end and recruiter told me I answered the questions well, that I had really cool projects, and that my former work experience was a plus. Told me I should expect to hear back soon. Got a generic rejection email a month later without ever moving onto the next round. Like... what ... I'm speechless. I'm very salty about all this .. saltier than a can of Campbell's soup ... so salty I put the ocean to shame. This is why I don't use windows computers anymore.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about yourself. Two medium difficulty questions involving singly linked lists.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Los Angeles, CA) in Sep 2017
Interview
Got several referrals from friends who have interned with the company and had an on campus interview. Got offered an on site interview but didn't go because of a family situation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function to see if two words are palindromes of each other.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Los Angeles, CA) in Aug 2018
Interview
The interview was short, 30 minutes. The interviewer was friendly. Discussed about previous work experience, 1 coding question. We first discussed the approach and then coded on paper. It was a good experience overall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Reverse words in a given string. Example, i work at msft should return msft at work I