I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2011
Interview
two teams - 5-6 ppl will interview you on the campus. If you have made it till the campus, make sure you enjoy the local cusines, etc etc.
OK, to the interview - confidence is the name of the game. easier said huh??
Well, though it might seem intimidating, you should keep your cool and solve the problems they throw at you or code they ask you to write. Show your willingness to work on the problem instead of saying "I dont know!"
Food is on Microsoft - so Enjoy!!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a program to do the SMS text recognition from the number pad. Basically, the three characters per number to possible text recognition (T9). Did I scare you enough?? :P
It started with a 90-minute online assessment, followed by a technical phone screen with one engineer. The OA covered two medium-to-hard algorithm problems. For coding practice, I mainly rely on "LeetCode" to cover different topics. For company-specific interview preparation, I use "Hack2Hire", "LeetCode Discuss", and "1Point3Acres" to find any recent original questions. All of them are helpful platforms. The phone screen included one coding problem and some discussion around edge cases and time complexity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a list of meeting time intervals, determine if a person could attend all meetings.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft in Dec 2024
Interview
I was invited to a technical interview with Microsoft. The interviewer started with a general question: “What happens when you type google.com into your browser?” They asked a few follow-up questions related to that.
After that, they gave me a LeetCode algorithmic question, which was at a hard level. The problem was “Integer to English Words.”
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What happens when you type google.com into your browser?
2. “Integer to English Words” – LeetCode algorithmic question
Three tech interviews + one hiring manager VO, most of questions are medium to hard leetcode questions. Ask some questions about techniques you written on the resume. But I think they care more about the match of the research and the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about the recommendation System you made for the work.
