I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in May 2018
Interview
1) The first round was telephonic- He asked me one question from data structures. I got the onsite interview on the same day.
2) Followed by 3 onsite interviews - Each interview was 45 min to 1 hr. After the second round of interview, the third interviewer took me for lunch. They provided accommodation, travel, and food
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All the questions were on Data structures only.
- Given input matrix , start and end index find sum between them
- String reversal followed by sentence reversal
- Find celebrity
- Find all subsets of given set.
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