J'ai postulé via une agence de recrutement. Le processus a pris 3 jours. J'ai passé un entretien chez Microsoft (Seattle, WA) en avr. 2014
Entretien
They pay for your travel/stay at Seattle WA, 5 rounds of interviews, very tough and long. The Microsoft staffer talked to me first on the phone, about my projects, goals, Microsoft, the Live Search team, and how interested I was. He then setup a phone screen with the development lead of the team I was interviewing for, which was to take place about a week later. This phone call was postponed because of a meeting at Microsoft, and I actually did it a few days later than planned.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Given a set of 21 tasks = {A, B,....Z} except I, O, U, X and Q. Each task requires 4 hours of processing. Except for tasks E, Y, P, R, W that require 8 hours of processing.
You have 3 machines to process these tasks = T1, T2, T3. T1 and T2 are available everyday for 8 hours. T3 is available only on Mon, Wed and Fri for 8 hours.
You are given 3 lists that indicate the dependency list among the tasks.
L1 = A->R->K->M (eg A can be completed if R is completed, R can be completed only if K is completed etc.)
L2 = N->G->V->E->Z->H
L3 = C->F->Y->D->J->P->T->S->W->B->C (cycle)
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Microsoft (Melbourne)
Entretien
After submitting an online application, I received a HackerRank assessment after passing the resume screening stage, then I was rejected after completing the assessment and did not proceed to further interview rounds.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.
J'ai passé un entretien chez Microsoft (San Francisco, CA)
Entretien
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform
J'ai passé un entretien chez Microsoft (Seattle, WA)
Entretien
Straightforward technical loop overall, with strong interviewers at every stage. I genuinely enjoyed the in-depth conversations around technical challenges and algorithmic problem-solving — the entire process felt well-structured and genuinely engaging.