I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft in May 2018
Interview
Contacted by Group Software Engineering Manager to schedule technical interview with an engineer. I was then contacted by the engineer to set up the technical interview via Skype. Call was scheduled within 2 days of speaking with the manager. Got a response on my technical interview before 10pm the same day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a string which could be a word, sentence, paragraph, or a whole book,
determine if the letters are spelled the same forward and backwards.
For example, all of these strings should return true:
noon
Radar
Nurses Run!
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!
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
