I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Ithaca, NY) in Sep 2013
Interview
I submitted my resume in a campus career fair. In the career fair the person interviewed me told me that hardware position are very limited this year and encouraged me to apply for a low level programmer position. I received an email asking me to schedule a on campus interview after 2 days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Ask me to write program on paper to find a missing number in a sorted array.
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
