I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (New York, NY) in Nov 2020
Interview
30 min long. Start with a Self introduction and go through resume a little bit. Then start coding questions, interviewer was nice and gave hint when you got stuck, then follow up with additional some condition.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
The process was smooth and consisted of three rounds. The first two being technical and project-oriented. The last round was designed to test my fit in the team. Most of the questions were around my past research and project. Some were also related to the courses that I had mentioned in my CV.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why does the gradient give the steepest descent direction?
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Boston, MA) in Dec 2019
Interview
1st round was a telephonic round where a HR went over my resume and asked basic questions.
He introduced himself first and then it was my chance to introduce myself. He was also interested in knowing what I wanted to become in 5 years. All the questions were pretty straightforward.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What are your focus areas?
Which team would be be interested in working with?
Explain the difference between deep learning and machine learning.