I applied through university. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Cluj-Napoca) in Nov 2015
Interview
I was called for an interview after leaving my resume at a Microsoft presentation at the university. The interview took about 30 minutes. I was only given one problem and during this time the interviewer did not check on my thought process, but was writing something on his laptop. After 1 hint he gave away the solution of the problem. It was not a pleasant experience, as the interviewer did not try at all to make me feel comfortable and relax and the atmosphere was rather tense. I got my feedback after 4 months, saying that I was not accepted, which I also think is way too long of an interval for the feedback.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru)
Interview
OA was taken, it was easy-medium consisting of a string problem and a DP problem. Technical Interview 1 was taken where they asked tree traversals using iteration and construction of trees using traversal
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Space Complexity of Traversal, also explain Morris Traversal
The entire process only had two rounds and it was really simple. Each round was around 45 minutes to an hour with a current Microsoft engineer and they just ask you a typical leetcode style question. There was also a behavioral round that was really simple.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first round was a typically leetcode question that was really easy. The second round was a little bit harder. It was about having a nxn square made out of 0s and 1s and it wants you to compute what the square looks like if it was rotated.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Belgrade, Central Serbia) in Apr 2026
Interview
It was a really enjoyable experience overall. Although I didn’t get the position, the interview itself was great, and I truly appreciated the opportunity to learn more about the role, the team, and the company.