I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jul 2021
Interview
There was an initial phone screen with a hiring manager, an at-home coding skills assessment that lasted about 90 minutes, a virtual onsite that was about 5 hours, and then one or two short follow-up chats with higher-level managers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a system for filtering dirty words from user names.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublin, Dublin)
Interview
Initially had a call with recruiters asking me about my experience, availability and visa status. Then I got a link to Codility test with 2 questions of equal importance and then technical interview. 2 questions in codility test one related to dynamic programming and other related to arrays.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderabad) in Dec 2023
Interview
Interview process was fairly challenging. But, with a little practice I feel you can clear it. Have strong projects listed on resume and have a good system design knowledge. DSA asked is mostly easy-medium level.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you ensure that your application was resilient, list all practices to improve performance.