I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2015
Interview
Had two rounds of interviews. The first one was super easy (basically solved a couple of straightforward questions and talked about the projects mentioned on the resume) and the second one was on-site and more involved (had four interviews and all were technical with quite difficult questions).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical questions on topics such as recursion, arrays, and strings.
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.