I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Neu-Delhi) in Oct 2018
Interview
There was 1 online round followed by a Group Fly(written test), 2 Technical face to face rounds and 1 HR round. Each technical round took about 1-1.5 hours and the HR round took about 15 minutes. Data structures based questions were not asked at all except the online round and Groupfly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions related to networking and OOPs were asked. Some system designs questions were also asked.
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.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform
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.