I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2012
Interview
I was contacted by the recruiter and she asked me very basic technical question regarding classes and objects. I was flown to Dubai where I had 4 interviews 45 minutes long. The experience was incredible and they made us feel comfortable. I had a very positive experience.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Write a function that would count the number of words in a sentence.
Skype is having complains by its customers. People are complaining that they do not see the list of all their friends. How would you solve this problem?
I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2010
Interview
The interview process was very standard. There were four interviewers, all managers, for an hour each. The questions asked were all standard algorithm questions. Fifteen minutes after the last interview, I received an offer. The recruiter than handled the rest.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tempe, AZ) in Sep 2013
Interview
First round was on campus, 1:1 interview. Questions from my resume and then one coding question. How will you merge two sorted arrays in sorted order? Second array has enough space to hold both arrays. Interviewer was helpful and provided hints whenever possible. Was also asked to write good test cases after coding the solution.