I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2018
Interview
This was for a Software Engineer Masters New Graduate Position. One round on college campus, in which the interviewer asked in-depth questions based on resume, and there was a tree traversal coding problem on a whiteboard. After this, I received the result of this round in one week. After a month, I interviewed onsite at Seattle campus. There were four rounds, each of 50 minutes and each round had one whiteboard coding question, and 5-10 minutes of technical questions and resume discussion. All questions were similar to Leetcode Medium questions related to Strings, Arrays, LinkedList sections.
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