I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2020
Interview
Contacted by recruiter to do first round of interview. After first round, I had to schedule my final round three weeks out and they wouldn't schedule it earlier for me, plus recruiter wasn't responding to any of my emails. Final round had two interviews, one went ok and one went super well (really liked the second interviewer who possibly will be my manager). Got offer on Monday after interviewing on Friday due to offer deadline.
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
