I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
I was contacted by their recruiting staff, and asked if I wanted to submit a resume to interview with them. I decided that was a good idea, so I uploaded my resume to their intern application page. A few weeks later I was offered an on campus interview at my university. The interview was just one technical question, listed below, and a few HR questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given two nodes in a binary tree, find their first common ancestor. You may not store nodes, and assume that the tree is already created.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru)
Interview
OA was taken, it was easy-medium consisting of a string problem and a DP problem. Technical Interview 1 was taken where they asked tree traversals using iteration and construction of trees using traversal
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Space Complexity of Traversal, also explain Morris Traversal
The entire process only had two rounds and it was really simple. Each round was around 45 minutes to an hour with a current Microsoft engineer and they just ask you a typical leetcode style question. There was also a behavioral round that was really simple.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first round was a typically leetcode question that was really easy. The second round was a little bit harder. It was about having a nxn square made out of 0s and 1s and it wants you to compute what the square looks like if it was rotated.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Belgrade) in Apr 2026
Interview
It was a really enjoyable experience overall. Although I didn’t get the position, the interview itself was great, and I truly appreciated the opportunity to learn more about the role, the team, and the company.