I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Nairobi) in Feb 2022
Interview
The recruiter emailed me and said there was an engineering role open and interviews would be conducted in three days(no further details about the role were shared). Had the screening interview which went well and the next round of interviews was scheduled.
One of the interviews was scheduled late in the night ,the interviewer arrived a bit late and everything I said just annoyed him. He would often just cut me off and say he'd heard enough . He also did not share the link to the editor we were supposed to use .
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.