I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Los Angeles, CA) in Nov 2021
Interview
Send in an application on their careers site.
First Round technical interview solving 1 to 2 problems to test your knowledge of data structures and algorithms as well as to see how you think.
Final Round interview event with four 45 - 60 minute interviews that are both technical and behavioral
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about a time where you were working in a group and there was conflict or problem. How did you resolve it and what was the outcome of the project?
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft in Sep 2025
Interview
Three rounds - Includes Behavioral, Technical and a Bar Raiser Round.
Asked questions from my resume started with basic system designing and explored my knowledge in system design using microservices architecture.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Distributed Systems LLD Designing. Programming question random
Started with phone screening it went well then headed to a full loop of 3 rounds. Round 1 - LRU cache, Round 2- I don't remeber clearly but it was not that hard, leetcode medium, Round 3- easy binary sorting problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Past college project and a technical challenge I faced.
Round 1 - LRU cache, Round 2- I don't remeber clearly but it was not that hard, leetcode medium, Round 3- easy binary sorting problem.
Firstly Phone Interview * 1
Then on-site interview *3
Finally interview with Team Lead
Each interview has live coding problems included
Merely no behavior questions
all in Chinese, but one interviewer requested an english introduction
The interview process went very quickly
Interviewers were nice and polite