I applied with just a CV and initially received a rejection email. I'm not sure if that was a mistake, but a few weeks later, I received an email inviting me to a phone screen.

The phone screen lasted about 10 minutes and confirmed they had the right information. The only interview-style question asked why I wanted to be a Cloud Solution Architect.

At the end of the phone screen, I was invited to an assessment center.

The assessment center consisted of three 45-minute interviews. The interviewers were incredibly nice and relaxed, and we had great, interesting conversations. They asked formal questions; these were very generic behavioral questions with a big emphasis on teamwork. I felt these interviews were to get to know me rather than to test me, which is different from a couple of other interviews I have recently completed. I wasn't asked a single technical question.

Overall, it was a good, relaxed, and enjoyable experience.

Tell me about time-type questions.

Why do you want to work at Microsoft?