I applied through an employee referral. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
On my third attempt to get hired at MS, I spent a day and a half in 1-hour interviews being considered by two groups simultaneously. It was massively grueling. There were lots of the usual MS type questions to solve some kind of logic or coding problem on the whiteboard.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design and write pseudocode for a backspace function that will work with DBCS characters.
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
