Microsoft
Not surprisingly, Microsoft had the most challenging on-campus interviews of any company that I interviewed with. The interview is 25-30 minutes long and is highly technical. Usually, they like to test you on your top two choices for positions. Software development engineers will get coding questions, software development engineers in test will get testing questions, and program managers will get design questions. I interviewed on-campus twice with Microsoft and both of my interviewers were high level managers.
One cool thing about Microsoft on-campus interviews is that the interviewers will hold an information session for the candidates night before the interviews. There will be food served and all of the interviewers will give a brief presentation on what to expect during the interviews and how to prepare. They’ll also give you more in depth descriptions of all three Microsoft software positions and give you a chance to ask questions. During the last one I went to, the interviewers even told us what to expect for the first two questions (“tell me about yourself” and “tell me about something you’ve done”). I highly recommend going to this.
It’s also worth mentioning that not too long ago I heard that Microsoft was testing a new methodology where it would be possible for the candidate to receive an offer during on-campus interviews. I believe the interviews would be a bit longer and there might be a couple of them. I’m not sure if this program was continued or not, but nevertheless it’s still an interesting premise.
Cerner
Cerner is a healthcare information technology company that develops software used for processing medical records in hospitals. I interviewed on-campus with them for an internship position. The interview was 15-20 minutes long and only contained easy behavioral questions. After I passed the interview, I was invited to one of their interview events.
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