I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Toronto, ON) in May 2017
Interview
Applied online. Got email 3 months later saying they wanted to conduct a phone interview. Told me to brush up on basic things such as data structures and algorithms. They sent me an email a couple days later telling me the coding portion would be done on a shared google doc.
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Question 1
Asked to solve a coding question on a shared google doc. Could barely understand the interviewer due to thick accent (not his fault) and terrible phone quality. By the time I finally understood the question 10 minutes had passed and I realized the question was actually very straightforward and not as complicated as I thought.
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
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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.
