applied to job posting and received interview for initial recruiter phone screen. completed initial phone screen and received invitation for technical interviews. two rounds of 45min interviews, each had a few behavioural questions and LC questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the best data structure for a phone book with names and phone numbers? Code an example solution and explain
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Noida) in Sep 2023
Interview
The first round was technical. The interviewer was friendly and cooperative. She was kind enough to ask me which topic on DSA I'm comfortable with. She gave two questions on string only. The interview went quite well from my side but maybe she wasn't satisfied.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a string, find the maximum consecutive repeating character.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Taipeh) in Nov 2023
Interview
The interview is online, with the team lead. Asked about some front-end basics and one leetcode easy problem. Of course, some BG problems to make sure I am familiar with React.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. How do React props drill between components?
2. Some binary search related Leetcode.