I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (California, MD) in Jun 2021
Interview
Normal process as you would think, first an interview with HR of around 30 minutes, then a codility OA with 3 exercises which were completed without issues. After this, I was moved to the 3 rounds of interviews and here is where everything went wrong for me. I got super nervous on the interviews and as expected, I was rejected. To be fair, the questions were not that hard now that I think of it, it's just that I was not prepared s I should have been.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Flatten a tree in levels, convert from an integer to the excel column and finally given a linked list, return the integer value that the nodes represent
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.