I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2012
Interview
Microsoft came to my university to advertise job positions. I applied at their website and had a phone interview scheduled within a couple of days. These are the questions I can remember:
- What 3 qualities would you like an assistant to have? Do you have those qualities?
- (Behavioral question) Think back about a time when you had a difficulty problem at work and how you solved it.
- Why do you want to work at MS?
- What level of the computing stack do you want to work at? (User Interface, Application level or Driver-level)
- How would you test a keyboard?
- How do you go about learning a new programming language?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
(Behavioral question) Think back about a time when you had a difficulty problem at work and how you solved it.
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.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform
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.