I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2020
Interview
I applied for the Ability Hiring Event because I'm Autistic. The final round of interviews were virtual. However the interview was still like that for a normal person, because my interviewers still expected me to be "normal". It was no different from all my previous interviews. I could not be myself the entire time. Ability Hiring Event? More like a scam.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Reverse a singly linked list in groups of k.
Ex. input list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
For k = 2, result is [2, 1, 4, 3, 6, 5, 8, 7, 10, 9]
For k = 3, result is [3, 2, 1, 6, 5, 4, 9, 8, 7, 10]
For k = 4, result is [4, 3, 2, 1, 8, 7, 6, 5, 10, 9]
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.