I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2023
Interview
I am from Tier 2 college and got the opportunity to interview at Microsoft in my 3rd year of college. I did my basics from random YouTube videos first and then started with Striver’s DSA sheet for practice. Getting selected in the online assessment round or getting comparatively easier questions in your interview will depend on your luck. The hiring process consisted of an online assessment and 2 rounds of technical interviews - 45 minutes each.
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Question 1
I was asked to solve a question based on binary trees with child-parent relationships between nodes and I am supposed to build a tree from this.
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.