Microsoft

I was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn. Within a month, my phone screening was scheduled. The phone screening was 45 minutes with one person. Soon after that, I had my in-person interview in Seattle. There were 4+1 rounds of interviews: * F

Met with the hiring manager and discussed the role in-depth. We talked about myself (previous experience, Master's thesis, cool things I do for fun). The role also required a DoD Clearance, so we talked about that.

One of my friends working at Microsoft forwarded my resume to a manager there. My resume got attention, and a recruiter contacted me for a phone interview. The person on the phone was really cool. After a short introduction, they started to ask me