I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Everything went pretty well during the interview process. Turned out we were both using the same phone(windows phones!) and we even talked a bit about his wife refusing to switch. However I got hung up on the programming question
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a point to an array of 12 bits in a graphics buffer where each 4 bits represented red green and blue respectively, flip the color of the array to blue.
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.