I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Mar 2024
Interview
I applied in October, received and aced OA in November (2 LC medium DSA Q's). They scheduled me for an interview months later. I had two back to back interviews (45 minutes each) which consisted of one or two behavioral questions and a DSA questions (LC mediums, but on easier side). I answered the questions well and was able to solve all of the coding questions fairly easily and clearly.
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Question 1
Behavioral:
- Take me through the project you are most proud of.
- What was a time where you faced conflict within a group?
Technical:
- Merge intervals LC
- Find second largest element in an array in O(n), then adjust solution to find nth largest element in array
A leetcode style test with three problems, then three interviews with different managers ( for each it was a coding problem and behavioral questions). Each interview was 1 hour long
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Question 1
How do I react and handle a conflict situation at work
I applied through their website with a referral, after a month or so they sent me a home exam, I think about a month after that i had 3 interviews in the same day, each one around 1:15 hours.
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Question 1
implement a dictionary where you have set,get and setAll, all in O(1)
The hiring process consists of a HackerRank home exam, followed by three technical interviews covering LeetCode-style problems and system architecture. Once this is done, you will have a final HR interview.
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Question 1
I had a technical interview where I was asked to solve the classic 'Climbing Stairs' problem (LeetCode #70), which is a dynamic programming question based on the Fibonacci sequence.