I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Atlanta, GA) in Oct 2012
Interview
One short interview on campus
Basic questions about projects and difficulties faced
Programming Questions asked,
1) Least common ancestor when two nodes are given within an n-ary tree (along with information about depth and a link back to every node's parent)
2) Implementation of address localization within an application (i.e adopting different address formats for different countries automatically)
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
