I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2015
Interview
The recruiter noticed my resume on Piazza and then scheduled an interview 3 weeks later. Microsoft held an "interview day" at my school. The interview was 25 minutes in duration and one on one, which I was not expecting. She told me that this was basically a phone screen but in person. The interviewer was very friendly and helped me with the problem, especially when I talked it through with her.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about one of my hackathons. Given two sorted arrays, merge them into one sorted array.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru)
Interview
OA was taken, it was easy-medium consisting of a string problem and a DP problem. Technical Interview 1 was taken where they asked tree traversals using iteration and construction of trees using traversal
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Space Complexity of Traversal, also explain Morris Traversal
The entire process only had two rounds and it was really simple. Each round was around 45 minutes to an hour with a current Microsoft engineer and they just ask you a typical leetcode style question. There was also a behavioral round that was really simple.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first round was a typically leetcode question that was really easy. The second round was a little bit harder. It was about having a nxn square made out of 0s and 1s and it wants you to compute what the square looks like if it was rotated.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Belgrade, Central Serbia) in Apr 2026
Interview
It was a really enjoyable experience overall. Although I didn’t get the position, the interview itself was great, and I truly appreciated the opportunity to learn more about the role, the team, and the company.