I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
I traveled to Seattle for on-campus interview. I gave fours rounds of interviews but couple of my friends gave three round of interviews as well. So, if you are lucky you can get it done in three interviews too. Two of interviews were technical and other two were behavioral/product design interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you build xyz project? "one of the projects from my resume"
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