I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2013
Interview
Contact with school recruiter and got an interview after a week. I expected the interviewee with a technical guy but it turn out with a recruiter. She ask about background, and 1 question (brain storm). I was disappointed since no coding question is asked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Very simple question: There are 9 jars. 8 jars contain marbles which each marble weights 1 gram, and 1 jar contains marbles weight 1.1 gram. With a scale display number, how can define which jar contain 1.1 gram marble with only 1 scale.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2013
Interview
I applied online and got reply after one month. I was asked to arrange a phone interview or skype interview. I chose skype because it would be more comfortable for me. Skype or phone interview are exactly the same since the interviewer would not request for a video chat through skype. There were three questions for me and nothing were technical which was really a surprise.
The questions were as follows:
1. How would you test a keyboard?
2. How would you design an alarm clock for blind people?
3. There are three baskets with apples, oranges and mix of apples and oranges. Each basket has a tag with apple, orange or mix. Now we know that all the three tags are wrong. You have only one opportunity to pick one fruit from one basket. How you will choose to identify these three baskets?
Later, he asked me about my interest and my project experience according to me interest. The interviewer is very kind and professional.