I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru) in Aug 2020
Interview
There was an online test conducted on mettl platform. The questions were very simple. We have to solve 3 questions in 90 mins. The first two were normal data structure algorithm questions like infix to postfix and postfix evaluation. The third one involved using dynamic programming and kadane algorithm. About 30 people were selected for the interview round
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
He asked me to introduce myself first and asked me questions on my projects. He asked to give me scenarios where my project idea might fail and how to tackle those situations?
Given a nxn matrix having integers in it. We have to find the longest decreasing path in that matrix. We can start from anywhere in the matrix and can only move left, right or down in the matrix.
The hiring process started with an online assessment that focused on problem-solving and coding skills.
After passing the assessment, I was invited to a series of 3 back-to-back technical interviews.
Each interview was primarily centered around data structures and algorithms, with questions similar in style and difficulty to LeetCode problems.
Interviewers also evaluated problem-solving approach, code quality, and the ability to explain thought processes clearly while coding.
Overall, the process was structured, technical, and heavily focused on algorithmic problem solving and communication skills.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru) in Mar 2026
Interview
Interviewer was intrested in my Open source work for first 25 min where I told him about my GSoC work which was about decompression and asked a simple dsa question about trees. And asked follow ups like print it without storing it in a vector of vector.
2 45 min back to back with leetcode and behavioral questions. Wasn’t too bad just tagged will help and be prepared for resume grill. Review resume fully and should be ok
