I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Washington, DC) in Feb 2022
Interview
Screening round. Question can be rated as LC M, dynamic programming. Interviewer forced me to use java even though I said that I preferred to use python3.
Interviewer was very nice, but question was more of an onsite question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a UNIX file path return an array of sizes for every directory or file in that path (you are given some helper functions)
eg /foo/cat.txt will return and array output = [1000, 3000, 500]
where
10000 is the size of /
3000 is the size of foo/
5000 is the size of cat.txt
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.