I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft in May 2018
Interview
Contacted by Group Software Engineering Manager to schedule technical interview with an engineer. I was then contacted by the engineer to set up the technical interview via Skype. Call was scheduled within 2 days of speaking with the manager. Got a response on my technical interview before 10pm the same day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a string which could be a word, sentence, paragraph, or a whole book,
determine if the letters are spelled the same forward and backwards.
For example, all of these strings should return true:
noon
Radar
Nurses Run!
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!
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.