I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2016
Interview
Lots of candidates, lots of rounds. The managers did a good job of shepherding around the candidates but it was easy to feel lost in a room of 100 people. In addition, it was frustrating that not a lot of the people who you talk to say anything more about their job than "I work on the Bing team" and general stuff like that.
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