Microsoft

- Phone interview: Explained my background for about 10 minutes. Then the interviewer asked one coding question. Coding was done using a shared editor. The problem was about a simple tree manipulation algorithm. - Onsite Interview: Five rounds plus

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

A multi-round interview that generally takes the whole day. Each interviewer will ask a series of questions, and at least one interviewer will have you complete a coding problem on the whiteboard.