I applied through college or university. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Montréal, QC) in Nov 2015
Interview
The interview was done on campus, and the interviewer was really nice. It lasted for about an hour, and the interviewer started with some behavioural questions from the resume, then asked a technical question. He was really patient throughout the process. I received an email from the campus recruiter a couple days after the time they told me I would hear back from.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioural resume questions and write a code (in any language) to show how to deal with dropped packets in a communication application like Skype
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.
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.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bangalore Rural) in Jun 2026
Interview
The interview was hard, even as a fresher the dsa they asked was hard category after I checked on leetcode. Though I couldn't solve it. Some of the other people who interviewed were asked easy - medium dsa
