I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
I applied both online and on the career fair. Only got a mock interview on the career. It has only been 2 weeks so I don't know if I should wait longer. Anyway, during the mock interview, there were several classic questions like what was the biggest technical difficulty you every met and tell me something about you and technology. Then there was one easy technical problem. You're given an array of Boolean values (it was a 2D array but packed in 1D) and you also have the width and height of the 2D array. Write a function that take these as parameters as well as a coordinate of a specific point of the 2D array and then enable it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I made some mistake when trying to convert the x,y coordinate to the corresponding location of the same point in the 1D array. I was kind of nervous since this was my first interview in my life.
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.