I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Sep 2016
Interview
MS came to my school in a career fair. I chatted with a guy, who was an alumnus of my school, and submitted my resume. About a week later I was contacted for an on-campus interview. I thought I did well when the interviewer said I was the first one that solved the problem and wrote clean code. The problem was easy for me. Then, we chatted a little bit about his team and his work. The interviewer said I should hear back in 2-3 weeks.
I went home and waiting for a call but didn't hear anything after 1-2 months. I tried to email the recruiter who arranged the interview several times but she never replied. Because I won a programming competition hosted by MS, someone from MS sent me the reward and I took that chance to ask and received a typical rejection letter, which I anticipated. I would say that the recruiters had done a good job in damaging the image of MS.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne)
Interview
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.
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.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bangalore Rural) in Jun 2026
Interview
The interview was hard, even as a fresher the dsa they asked was hard category after I checked on leetcode. Though I couldn't solve it. Some of the other people who interviewed were asked easy - medium dsa
