I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Beijing, Beijing) in Feb 2008
Interview
Interviewed with 5 persons one by one in a whole day (3 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon);for the interviews in the morning, each person of them first asked me to introduce myself in English; then in chinese asked me the details about my resume(studay, intern experience etc.); then asked me one or two iq puzzles; then one or two programming questions. If you passed the first 3 persons's test in the morning (there should be 2 or more positive feedbacks), you entered the second round interviews in the afternoon: two managers who are the head of the group/position that you have applied for. They asked more aboIut my interests and my career plan; also there were one or two iq puzzles. If you got positive feedbacks from both of them, then congratulations; unfortunately I failed the last interview. That's all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give an idea to show how to rearrange the array a1, a2, ..., an, b1, b2, ... bn into a1, b1, a2, b2, ..., an, bn with O(n) computation time cost and O(1) extra memory cost.
Moderate leetcode question, more focus on the approach and not on the output, interviewers were very friendly and guiding along the way, discussed a lot of technical details about the project i worked on previously
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me three main components of the project that you worked on
1st round phone call with talent team. discussing experience and the roles they have in the space. Then onto some technical questions and talking about the rest of the interview process
Fast and quick but the questions were tricky. Interviewer was nice and we got along well. The interview process was efficient, and communication was clear throughout. I appreciated the professionalism and friendliness, though preparation is key for the challenging questions. Overall, a smooth experience with a supportive atmosphere.
