The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA)
Interview
1 remote phone round with odd questions (brain teasers, favorite Microsoft product etc.), with someone who did not seem technical and seemed to be transcribing what I was saying for someone technical to review. Onsite consists of 5-6 interviews in a row. Microsoft says that new grad positions are general, and that the team you interview with is irrelevant; this is not true-I interviewed with a cloud team, and ended up being asked purely distributed systems/networking type questions for over half my interviews. I was prepared for these from my previous experience, however, this is not the case with every new grad candidate. Everyone in HR was fast/friendly, and I enjoyed talking to all the engineers as well.
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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.
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.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bangalore Rural) in Jun 2026
Interview
The interview was hard, even as a fresher the dsa they asked was hard category after I checked on leetcode. Though I couldn't solve it. Some of the other people who interviewed were asked easy - medium dsa