I applied through university. I interviewed at Microsoft (New York, NY)
Interview
I first did an on campus interview which was 30-45 minutes long. I was contacted again a few months later to do an onsite interview. I however had another offer with a short deadline (within 2 weeks) which is very short to do an onsite interview and hear results from but they were able to schedule the interview and get me results within that timeline which was awesome. During the onsite interview, I interviewed with 4-5 people each an hour long except for the lunch interview. The lunch interview was 2 hours long, one hour for lunch and conversation and the next hour for a coding interview. The rest of the interviews were also coding interviews. Everyone was very pleasant, interested in their work, and excited to talk with me. They also all seemed to love the company which left a great impression on me. Overall the interview process was very pleasant.
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
