I applied in-person. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2014
Interview
This was through IJP from within MS itself being a MS employee.
Really bad interview process in MS - GD. I had to push the HR to setup my interview as if I am the HR. Than again just 2 rounds in the whole day from morning 10 to evening 6 and I was told to leave without any feedback. Again I had to run behind the HR for getting the status update and finally after 10 days I was again called for an Hiring Manager round which went for 2 hours and that too instead of managerial question the HM round went into technical stuff. And as usual again I was asked to leave for the day and no update till 1 month even after running behind the HR a lot.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Planning part of interview was not good. There were lot of confusion regarding timings, schedule, place etc. Interview length was good none, out of the 4 round, took more than an hour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Director round was a bit confusing as I was asked to track mineral water of a mineral water plant.
I feel it is easy to get through the interview. They test raw intelligence using algo and DS and testing skills. They dont have SDET roles any more so they will be looking for more coding skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing really difficult when compared to rest of the industry