I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jan 2022
Interview
Applied without a referral. Heard back from recruiter about two months later. First round was behavioral phone screen just talking about background. Final round was two technical interviews in one morning over zoom. Leetcode easy and medium respectively
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how would you describe recursion to a kindergartner?
hr called and set up an interview loop day, the day consisted 3 interview each is 90 minutes, first two are leetcode medium, which put emphasis on clean code in a live coding environment. the third was with the department manager and it was a behavioural test
very chill, two rounds technical interview, normal LC easy/med plus behavioral.. post interview did not hear back for two weeks but then heard the good news. everyone was nice and supportive in the process.
There are 3 back to back interviews, each last for 45 minutes. Each interview asked one behavior question and one technical question. Overall, I think the interview process was pretty standard.