I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2014
Interview
The hiring process involved a brief screen, an on-campus technical interview, followed by an on-site Seattle interview. The on-campus interview is fairly straight-forward, but the on-site interviews ranged from slightly unclear to very casual and fun.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Create a spam filter that removes spam comments but not real comments.
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