I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Dec 2018
Interview
Phone call with recruiter. Online technical screen - timed for an hour.
Onsite with O365 team 4 simple questions.
Could not gauge their feedback to be accurate, but that may be because I didn't get it.
They seemed like a mass hire team so make sure you understand what the job requirements are and how you fit in. Overall, nice people, but very hard to read.
Feedback while doing the questions was pretty minimal, so their involvement in it seemed like they wanted the correct solution that they knew of and end it there or you're done but I'll still give you a thumbs up approach.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
NDA - but read up basic questions on string manipulations, on trees and novel data structures that allow for space optimization and relatively faster lookups for similar values. ;)
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