I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jul 2018
Interview
It was an hiring event. One of the recruiters approached me on Linkedin. Recruiters are too good in this company. She even called me to give the feedback instead of just sending the reject mail.
1 hacker rank kind of online written technical screen followed by 4 rounds of onsite in redmond, washington.
3 of the interviewers were good. The last one dint care enough. was busy in his stuff only. No design question asked.
given a matrix, write two methods get(int row, int column) and set (int row, int column, String value). This value can either be a string or could be a formula like sum(matrix[0][2], matrix[0][3]). Now whenever you do the get, you have to get the fresh values even if the values are changed.
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.
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.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bangalore Rural) in Jun 2026
Interview
The interview was hard, even as a fresher the dsa they asked was hard category after I checked on leetcode. Though I couldn't solve it. Some of the other people who interviewed were asked easy - medium dsa
