Microsoft

This was a "hiring event" where 10 people were flown in together. They met the coordinators as a group, then were each given their own room. Each candidate was interviewed by 4 Microsoft employees for 45 minutes per interview. There was a 15-minute

Standard intro to CS material, algorithms analysis, and rough systems design. A lot of interview questions will test your CS fundamentals for intro-level jobs. There's nothing about big system design or architecture except in rare cases. Know your

Pretty standard. It involved a phone screen and an onsite interview with 6 interviewers. It took about 3 months to get my paperwork ready. But in general, the process was clear and straightforward. I wish it was faster; I wanted to move as fast a