I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2012
Interview
HR called me. Since I was local, instead of phone screen, she arranged me to come on site. Talked to 2 hiring group leads. One proceeded for a real onsite interview.
The onsite interview took almost 2 weeks to schedule (by someone else). I was supposed to meet 3 people. The person I was supposed to meet at the reception desk didn't come. I talked the 2 who came to meet me. Both super nice. We talked for ~15 minutes, then I was given a problem to think about. An hour later, two of them came and asked if I had any questions. After lunch, discussed my solution/ideas with them separately. They both seemed like my ideas (two of which they haven't thought of). Seems all went exceedingly well so far. Then 3 1-1 interview with white board coding. I didn't do well on any of them. 2 weeks later, after I contacted the HR, and was given a schedule when I could talk to her. She told me NO.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) An 2 dimensional image. Transpose each bit (i.e. swap X-Y in bits), and repackage them into bytes for storage.
2) A scrapbook scenario with linked image and text.
3) inorder binary tree traversal
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
The interview was a long process. There was first the recruiter screen, which was followed by a 4-loop interview structure that covered technical, behavioral, and system design. The interviewers were very kind and accommodating.
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