Microsoft

The technical interview was very difficult, but the platform they used was very comfortable and left no room for doubt. It's necessary to have extensive knowledge of algorithms and data structures, even if that knowledge isn't subsequently required

Phone interview about a time series modeling problem. The interviewers were very kind, and it seems like a great place to work. The culture seems laid-back and easygoing. It appears they are doing lots of interesting research at Microsoft Research!

One round phone interview, with behavioral questions and one brain teaser. Four rounds on-site interview, including typical algorithm problems and system design questions. No OS, network, or other architecture problems were discussed. The final roun