I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2024
Interview
Update:
I'm glad I finally got rejected and got to the end of this "nightmare".
You don't know who your recruiter is and they care even less who you are.
Everyone you can reach ignores you or is indifferent.
Thank you, Microsoft. Sincerely.
Bad experience, the HR and interviewer ghosted, even if they are said in the official email to be responding within a given period. They did not respond to your reach-out. The interviewer did not look at your resume before the interview. They did not truly care about candidates, they just pretended to be.
Below are the details:
Phone interview
1. Get an email about the interview, determine the interview time
2. Interview via Microsoft Teams
3. Interviewer introduces the position and project
4. Do your self-introduction
5. Go through your experiences
6. Code interview
7. Questions for the interviewer
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.