I talked to a recruiter who set me up for an in-person, one-on-one interview when Microsoft recruited on campus. It took about 45 minutes and was mostly chat, except for one programming question. I was told to expect email from a recruiter within three weeks, and sure enough, within three weeks, I was contacted by a scheduler for an onsite interview.

A day or two before the onsite, I was told which team I would be interviewing with. (I'm still rather unsatisfied with this part because I felt that I had no choice in the matter.)

The onsite started out with a briefing with yet another recruiter who told me what to expect. Then I went into four successive interviews, each with a technical and a people skills portion. At the end of the day, I met with the recruiter again to debrief. At that point, I knew better than to expect an offer because I knew I'd messed up several times early on in the interviews.

If you're collaborating with a member of another team, how would you resolve a conflict?