I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Round 1: system design. First the interviewer asked me about my current company’s projects, like how to handle too many requests and multiple writing requests in the same object, etc. Then he asked me to design a mechanism to crawl two (follow up: a lot of) websites.
Round 2: coding. Implement a function to add files to a file management system.
Round 3: lunch & interview, coding. First question: serialize & deserialize a binary tree. Second question: Write a function to find spam email (emails sent from wrong names like “Micr0s0ft” or “amezon”)
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
system design. First the interviewer asked me about my current company’s projects, like how to handle too many requests and multiple writing requests in the same object, etc. Then he asked me to design a mechanism to crawl two (follow up: a lot of) websites.
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.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform
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.