I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Mountain View, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
I applied for Intern position in Microsoft.
First they would do an on-campus interview in your university. If you can pass that, you will come to the final-round interview, which is on-site. Microsoft would compensate your travel, food, hotel, etc. fee. The final-round would last 4 hours since it consists of 4 smaller interviews, usually 3 engineers and 1 team manager. And in a few days they will give you feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe one of your favorite projects in your resume and the most difficult part of 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.
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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.