I applied through an employee referral. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Apr 2012
Interview
I was contacted by a university recruiter, as one of my colleague recommended me to the recruiting team. Then for some reason I was asked to for the on-site interview skipping the phone interview or earlier screening. At Redmond, I had four interviews, one including over lunch. The interviews were about a mix of coding problems and simple algorithm. They also asked me the topic I was studying.
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
