I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2015
Interview
I applied for the Explorer Internship for freshman and sophomore computer science students. I had 2 phone interviews that were very low on the technical side, mostly just resume questions and a few questions about my interest in tech. Then they flew me out to Seattle for the final round and I had 3 interviews, two basic technical questions and one creative product design question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your favorite piece of technology that you use?
Now design an improved version.
I applied through 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.