I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2018
Interview
The first telephonic interview was pretty predictive. The interviewer was nice and made me comfortable. I am just done with the initial phone interview and for me it went pretty well. The interviewer called at around 11.01 PDT and the call ended at around 11.25 PM PDT.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Tell me about a project from your academics or work experience that demonstrates your technical skills and expertise.
Started with a 30 min informational interview. The next round was a technical interview for 6o minutes. Most problems were no more difficult then leet code medium. Then it moved into a full super day.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderabad) in Jan 2023
Interview
Four rounds - mic of technical and behavioral. Leetcode questions were asked and system design questions were asked in technical rounds. For behavioral, it was mostly straightforward situation based questions. The ability to convey your thoughts was also assessed.
Started with introductory questions, then moved on to discuss projects and tech stack. Then a DSA question was given and I was asked to code it in my local editor, complete with the main function.