I was initially contacted by an MS recruiter who had found articles on my blog related to a skills they were currently hiring from. I had an initial phone screen with the recruiter, followed by a phone interview with a test manager a few days later. The phone screen consisted of basic coding tests done via live meeting. A few weeks later I visited the Redmond campus for a series of in-person interviews with several other test engineers. The interview series consisted of 4 - 5 in-person interviews, each with a single test engineer, each consisting of either coding on a whiteboard or testing applications. The interviews progressed in difficulty as the day went on.