I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2015
Interview
Intense day long process, start with the more junior interviewers and you work your way up to the most senior, you can be cut at anytime in the process as interviewers are emailing each other behind the scenes after they speak with you, I started at 9am and went until 6pm, if they let you go at lunch you know your out, but if you spend the whole day they is a pretty good chance you will get the offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly behavioral questions, working with others, how you would go about accomplishing things, mostly to see if you fit into their culture, the days of funny / trick questions are gone, good people, but if you ramble you will get cut-off, answers must be succinct, to the point
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2015
Interview
There were several recruiters in the process which made it quite cumbersome. The face to face interview in Redmond was very impressive. I'm still not sure which position I received an offer for. I had an offer call yesterday, but I have not yet received the offer email.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They were mostly questions regarding fit - based on experience
I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Mar 2015
Interview
There are about 5 interviews, and each asked slightly different questions. The recruiter started the day with introduction, and closed with next steps. It is an on-sight interview, after the initial screening from recruiter and a technical one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There are self-introductions, which is to start the interview. Then, question about how to manage schedule slip and how to interact with others. There are general questions such as what are the most difficult project and what would you change if you do it again etc.