I was asked at 8:30 for a hiring event. Had the first round from 8:45am, it was about Data Structure and problem solving. I solved the problems and further variants, thought it went excellent. Then had to wait almost an hour before the second interviewer came. He himself said he wasn't prepared and it was a last minute. Then he proceeded to ask a math related coding question. I couldn't remember the property so I needed help, then it turned out the actual algorithm/coding needed was almost trivial. Again I waited an hour without any information and then called up the recruiter and was asked to go for lunch. After lunch, I had a Systems Design round. We started from generic problem to more designs. I thought it went well. The interviewer did say the they didn't have feedback from 2nd round yet, only 1st round. After this, I waited a few rounds and was told the feedback wasn't positive and I am pretty sure it was the feedback from 2nd round and I just had to waste a few hours more due to lack of coordination on the recruiters' part. I should mention that the interviewees were polite and nice to talk to.

It was defined as a technical interview. It was face-to-face in Microsoft offices in Herzliya (Israel) and took 1,5 hours. I was interviewed by Principal Software Engineer of the group. After a small talk he explained what the group does, what the position's expectations and asked to describe my recent work. We got through my current and previous work places and talk about projects and technologies. After that I was asked two technical questions and the interview ended. During the interview I got positive feedback on all my answers and was told that my experience, specialization and the knowledge fits the group and the position. On the next day I got a rejection letter. It seem like the whole process had nothing to do with hiring a person, but to present that interviews for the position are being held. It left me frustrated and willing never deal with Microsoft again, at least not in Israel