I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2017
Interview
I turned in my resume to a recruiter on campus. A week later, I get an invitation for an on-campus interview. The interviewer was very nice. He immediately started off with a technical question and then he asked about one of my projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you find the common ancestor of two nodes in a binary search tree?
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.