I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2015
Interview
A friend working at Microsoft as an intern ask me if I would be interested by an intern position and I give him my résumé. Few weeks later, I got an eMail from the University recruiter and I scheduled a phone screen interview. Basically, I got HR and behavioral questions.
One week after the phone interview, I received an invitation to come at Redmond for final round interview. I got 4 interviews that day and all of them were technical.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array of distinct integers. Print all possible permutations of that array.
Example: [1,2,3]
Answer : [1,2,3] ; [1,3,2] ; [2,3,1] ; [2,1,3] ; [3,1,2] ; [3,2,1]
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.