I applied through university. I interviewed at Microsoft in Sept 2021
Interview
There was a coding round containing 2 DSA questions, followed by 3 interviews, 2 technical and 1 HR! The interviews were around 40 mins long! The interviewers asked 2 DSA question and asked a bit about resume and projects
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given two words, start and end, and a dictionary wordList, return the number of words in the shortest transformation sequence from start to end, or 0 if no such sequence exists.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft in Mar 2026
Interview
Online Interview in March. Tech interview + URAA interview back to back. Different interviewers but similar questions in both interviews. Self Introduction + Dive into projects in resume + Leetcode questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Choice of frontend tech stack; LRU Cache coding + explanation (especially about the data structure complexity)
I applied through university. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2026
Interview
It was very light and medium paced. Started with intro, moved to resume based questions then DSA and then fundamentals. The guy taking my interview was very chill and supportive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 DSA Questions, a bit about my resume and OS fundamentals
it was great ,and the questions were mainly dp graph trees and dbmc cs,fundamenatls ,os ,oops ,sql compiler ddesign was there that was only easy some lld related questions and there were differnet types of the cases that have to be presents
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
it was great ,and the questions were mainly dp graph trees and dbmc cs,fundamenatls ,os ,oops ,sql compiler ddesign was there that was only easy some lld related questions and there were differnet types of the cases that have to be presents
