I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Dec 2015
Interview
Had an interview on my school campus and made it to the final round of interviews on Microsoft's campus. You sit in a room with about 20 other candidates and do about 5 interviews with different interviewers. After your interviews you get free lunch, free sweatshirts, free taxi vouchers.
Questions weren't too hard and I thought I did really well, but apparently I didn't stick out enough of the hundreds of people they were interviewing that day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Reverse a string. Write an algorithm to figure out who the winner of a tic-tac-toe board was. Addition using linked lists (each node holds one digit).
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.