I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2015
Interview
After speaking to recruiters at a University Careers fair was given a phone screening. A week later was invited to a 45 minute on campus interview. Three weeks following was invited for an on site interview and was flown out for 3 days (All expenses paid) to have a day of interviews. On interview day was given 4 interviews with various engineers. A week following this was called and given an offer.
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Question 1
Behavioral questions asking about projects and experiences and multiple technical interview problems about graphs and data structures.
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
Interview questions [1]
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.