I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Mumbai) in Sep 2014
Interview
Microsoft had come to the campus for providing summer internships. First, there was an online coding round. The questions had MCQs and 2 coding challenges. It had to be completed in 1.5 hours. The coding question was to search for an element in a sorted, rotated array. The second question was to find the in order successor in a binary tree. Students who cleared the coding round got one-on-one interviews. There were 2 rounds of interviews : one technical and one behavioural. The entire process lasted for a day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer asked me just one coding question: You are given a number as an integer. You have to print it in words: e.g. input : 1234
Output : One thousand two hundred thirty four.
Followed by this, was a question on testing. He asked me what kind of tests can be performed to check the standard conditions on a microwave?
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.