I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (New Delhi) in Oct 2018
Interview
There was 1 online round followed by a Group Fly(written test), 2 Technical face to face rounds and 1 HR round. Each technical round took about 1-1.5 hours and the HR round took about 15 minutes. Data structures based questions were not asked at all except the online round and Groupfly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions related to networking and OOPs were asked. Some system designs questions were also asked.
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
