Passed the online assessment which consisted of two easy or possibly medium level LeetCode questions.
Coordinated setting up an interview through various recruiter contractors who refused to speak with me about the role. Got sent reems of prep material that was either impossible to do (know details about the role, and the people interviewing me), or was review stuff that wasn't matched up with what I asked (e.g. design Netflix/YouTube, design an Elevator System). Much of the information I got ahead of time conflicted with each other.
I spent 5 hours (including breaks) on interviews. I thought I did reasonably well, but apparently not good enough to move on. I thoughtI had a good rapore with everyone. In the end, the interview coordinator told me I didn't do well enough, but invited me to apply again in the future. When I ask when I can apply again, and for details on what I did well / what I didn't do well, I get ghosted.
I've interviewed at dozens of places, and this was by far the worst set of recruiters I've ever worked with. They should be ashamed.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Neu-Delhi) in Mar 2022
Interview
Technical interviews are very good. Interaction with Microsoft engineers is a real good learning experience.
HR recruiters especially the Careernet contract folks are very un-professional. I think they are only paid to schedule the interviews. Once the interviews are done, they simply go on radio silence. Have some empathy towards candidates who spend lot of efforts and time for big companies like Microsoft. We deserve atleast a No if not a complete feedback. Don't keep us hoping for a call from you forever.
Even a small office that has 50 to 100 employees has a better hiring process than Microsoft.
Another observation is, some of the job posts that they are scheduling are already in-active. Why schedule and later say that the requisition is closed?
Why are so many jobs posts are open for more than 6 to 8 months? Something really mysterious.
Folks, try for other big companies that have better recruiters. Don't waste your precious time for Microsoft India. It's not worth it.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft in May 2022
Interview
Interview process consists of a screening round and 4 rounds in loop.
I have cleared all the rounds and i was selected . The recruiter called me and discussed about the offer.
After Offer was given i asked a discussion with hiring manager , then hiring manager sent out email that you were not selected.
I lost the value i had on microsoft.