I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
I applied online and emailed university recruiter, and was expedited to onsite due to having a competing offer deadline and passing phone screen in previous year. There were 4 onsite interviews, all a mix of technical and behavioural (I heard there are only 2 interviews for interns now). I received verbal offer shortly after.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
OS trivia, memory allocation / freeing questions, graph question, C pointer manipulation question, computational geometry questions
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.