I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
I was referred to a recruiter by a friend who had interned there the previous summer. She contacted me and we set up an in-person interview on my university's campus. The recruiter was great. The interviewer...not so much. He barely introduced himself, and gave no explanation about what he did. We jumped right into a technical question. When I was explaining my answer (and not struggling, mind you) his phone went off and he pulled it out. He then proceeded to RESPOND TO AN EMAIL while I was talking. This was incredibly irritating and rude, but I assumed that he was still listening to what I was saying. Nope, when he was finished he looked up and asked me to repeat what I had just said. Incredibly unprofessional, and terrible interview etiquette.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given 2 LinkedList ListNode pointers, determine if the two lists ever intersect. Building upon that, if they do intersect, at what node. Building on that, what do you do if there is a circle in the list, and can you detect one
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
