I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2017
Interview
On-line application on Microsoft website, followed by a phone interview going through my resume and doing a puzzle, followed by an on-site interview in Seattle. Honestly one of the best experiences of my life, but unfortunately I went unprepared because I had never had a technical interview before, but it really changed my perspective regarding interviewing for software engineers. If you are preparing, using a website like leetcode and try to do as many questions as possible before the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
During the phone interview, the puzzle they asked me was about distinguishing a marble of slightly different weight out of 9, using a scale a maximum of 2 times.
I applied through their website with a referral, after a month or so they sent me a home exam, I think about a month after that i had 3 interviews in the same day, each one around 1:15 hours.
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Question 1
implement a dictionary where you have set,get and setAll, all in O(1)
The hiring process consists of a HackerRank home exam, followed by three technical interviews covering LeetCode-style problems and system architecture. Once this is done, you will have a final HR interview.
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I had a technical interview where I was asked to solve the classic 'Climbing Stairs' problem (LeetCode #70), which is a dynamic programming question based on the Fibonacci sequence.
One HR interview, then two problem-solving interviews (beginer level) on HackerRank. You can choose the best programming language for you to use in solving problems. You should think out loud to enable your interviewer to understand how you would think to solve the problem.
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Find the lowest difference between two numbers in a list
