I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderābād) in Apr 2015
Interview
I was referred by a friend working there. Had an initial technical screening where I was asked to write code for a LinkedList based problem. Later, I was invited for a series of onsite interviews at their Hyderabad campus. I had two rounds of interview at onsite. In each round, interviewer asked me two coding problems. The problems weren't too difficult as such, but very quite tricky. It was quite possible to miss out a corner case (which I did). Unfortunately, since I didn't perform well in one coding problem, they decided not to move ahead.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most of the problems were based on array, linked list and trees. They focus more on linked list problems.
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
