I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Mar 2013
Interview
This was through a college recruitment. Phone interview to assess for a technical internship. Mostly behavioral type of questions. Asked some questions about my preferences in language; details about projects, what they did, any team mates that I worked with. I had to . Then a small brain teaser about dividing up some sticks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Silly brainteasers that depend mostly on how well the interviewer can communicate with you. My question was paying workers with gold bar segments and you can only cut it 2 times.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Arlington, TX) in Oct 2013
Interview
I was initially screened at my college career fair. My work in Computer Vision piqued the interest of an employee at the MS booth (they were all former students from my Uni). I was then set up for an on-campus screen.
On-campus screen: The interviewer introduced himself and eventually jumped into a coding question. I did badly and I was rejected as I very well expected
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Make an exact copy of a linked list which has an additional 'random' node apart from usual the next node.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Nueva Delhi) in Jun 2010
Interview
When you are applying for the companies like Microsoft, be prepared. Don't go with half-hearted knowledge and practive. Command over data structures and algorithms is must. Generally after so many years in job, people tend to get away from hands on coding but that is must in these type of comapnies.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the middle point of a linked list in best possible way