I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Monterrey, Nuevo León) in Sep 2018
Interview
A friend who was an intern this summer gave my resume to the recruiter. I was contacted and given an interview in Monterrey, Mexico. The interview was one on one with a Microsoft engineer. It lasted for about 45 min. The first 25 minutes were non-technical questions. The other 20 were for the technical question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have a matrix filled with ones and zeros. You need to return the size of the biggest "one" island. An island is a group of ones surrounded by zeros.
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.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform
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.