The compensation system is designed to keep you captive within Microsoft. Most money won't come from paychecks but from stock options, which require from 3 months to a year to vest. Some employees call it a "Golden Cage."
4 rounds: * LeetCode - repeating words * Behavioural - 4 questions (STAR format) * LeetCode - Computation time * System Design - Design an IDE
1. Codility online assessment (3 problems, 2h) 2. Phone call (1h - behavioural + sys design) 3. Onsite: 4 back-to-back interviews (3x sys design, 1x LeetCode + 4x behavioural) 4. Final interview
My first interview was face-to-face, and I passed. After that, I received a second interview a month later in another state. There, I was interviewed by four people. Each interview was around one hour long. Between each interview, we had a 15-minute
4 rounds: * LeetCode - repeating words * Behavioural - 4 questions (STAR format) * LeetCode - Computation time * System Design - Design an IDE
1. Codility online assessment (3 problems, 2h) 2. Phone call (1h - behavioural + sys design) 3. Onsite: 4 back-to-back interviews (3x sys design, 1x LeetCode + 4x behavioural) 4. Final interview
My first interview was face-to-face, and I passed. After that, I received a second interview a month later in another state. There, I was interviewed by four people. Each interview was around one hour long. Between each interview, we had a 15-minute