I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Ithaca, NY) in Oct 2018
Interview
I applied through the website and after a few weeks, I received an email for an on-campus, 30-minute behavioral and technical interview. It was just one interviewer, and I'm sure that after this initial round of interviews there were more.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me a time you worked on a project where you encountered a problem with others, and how did you resolve it?
2. Given two sorted linked lists of numbers, merge them into a sorted linked list.
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